Conspiracy theories are fascinating and the bread and butter of tabloid magazines and TV. This series explores these theories in a logical and scientific manner.
Thanks to @Imarvelnation for this interesting conspiracy.
The conspiracy here is that many people have clear memories of common events that seem to contradict the truth. This idea is the work of a paranormal consultant by the name of Fiona Broome who has published books on other paranormal subjects.
Wiki calls this phenomenon Confabulation, which is a memory disturbance, defined as the production of fabricated, distorted or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world, without the conscious intention to deceive. Individuals who confabulate present incorrect memories ranging from "subtle alterations to bizarre fabrications", and are generally very confident about their recollections, despite contradictory evidence. There are a whole bunch of reasons for this problem.
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Basically, this effect is manifested in people when they are convinced that something happened even when it didn't. The paranormal aspects come into it when people suggest that it's a sign of glimpses into a parallel universe or different timelines. This is also a clever science fiction plot idea. The name 'Mandela Effect' comes from a large group of people having memories that Nelson Mandela died in prison instead of on December 5, 2013.
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The Mandela Effect is best illustrated by 'The Berenstain Bears', a children's book series by Stan and Jan Barenstain. It seems that a lot of people remembered that the name was spelled with an E, as in The Berenstein Bears. It never was spelled that way, hence the Mandela Effect.
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Another example is people remembering a portrait of King Henry The Eighth with him holding a turkey leg and goblet, a portrait that was never painted.
The paranormal theory is that these people are in touch with their doubles in parallel universes or that someone came back in time and changed things.
The Wiki reasons for this are as follows: Neuropsychological, especially involving the memory processes; Self-Identity, which is a personality disorder; Temporality, which means that people are unable to put things in the proper time sequence; Monitoring, in which people are not able to distinguish reality; Strategic Retrieval, which means a person is unable to tell if a memory is true or not; Executive Control, which is inability to know the truth; Delusion, which is self afflicted; Fuzzy Trace, which is the result of not connecting the memory to the gist of the memory; and Epistemic, which is remembering for either a advantageous or disadvantageous reasons.
These sound more like mental problems. I would prefer the paranormal explanation, but it's still up in the air as to whether people are in contact with parallel universes or could time travel.
