False Memory

False Memory or more commonly known as the Mandela Effect “phenomenon” is where one person or multiple people believe something that didn’t actually happen but remember it in such a vivid way that they start to doubt their own memory(hence false memory). The idea of false memory is closely linked to the natural human feeling of self doubt and questioning life at large. The Mandela Effect correlated with the idea of the ‘Multiverse’ which is the theory that within each universe there is multiple versions where things are altered such as events or objects.

The Mandela Effect has only come into pop culture in the last decade even though there is multiple examples of this throughout history. The Mandela Effect is named after former South African President, Nelson Mandela. Many people have experienced false memory in believing that he had died during his imprisonment in the 1980s when in fact he died in 2013. Paranormal writer Fiona Broome named this phenomenon after him since she was one of the believers in this specific false memory.

One of the most famous examples of False Memory is in relation also to one of the most famous lines in Film history. Darth Vader’s line in the critically acclaimed the Empire Strikes Back which is, “No, I am your father.” although many people remember it as “Luke, I am your father”. Coincidentally… another example of false memory is also from the Star Wars franchise…