Meandering Around the Mandela Effect

Happy Friday! This week we take a deep dive that starts with the Mandela Effect and ends with a discussion about aphantasia, a condition where people cannot form pictures in their minds. We'll talk about conspiracies and I'll share a thought experiment so you can figure out how you see things (or don't) in your mind.

Sources:

Aphantasia Network. “The Ball on a Table: How to Tell the Difference Between Visualizers and Conceptualizers.” Aphantasia Network, 8 Oct 2023, aphantasia.com/article/strategies/ball-on-the-table. Accessed 9 Mar 2025.

Capital One Brandvoice. “The Mandela Effect—Bad Memories Or An Alternate Universe?” Forbes, 31 Oct 2017,