[–] crazy_eyes 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Mandela effect is nothing more than people's faulty memory
[–] crazy_eyes 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I'm more open to the simulation theory than the Mandela effect. I've seen too many videos that purport to show the effect where they use outtakes from movies instead of the scene from the film to show changes. That's disingenuous, at best. If the effect were real, there would be no reason for the lies.
[–] Abe__Froman 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
mind blown!
[–] [deleted] 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago (edited ago)
There is an argument to be made that the chance of us being the first sentient physical creatures is infinitesimally small, due to if we can conceptualize and even crudely create a simulation now, then it's fathomable that a realistic one is not too far off.
Then from there, that simulation could also have it's own simulation and so on, kind of like that Rick and Morty episode about the battery that fuels his ship.
At the end of the day I always default to 50/50 that we are. If absolutely no evidence either way, makes it a split possibility no matter how unlikely either scenario.
I think a better argument is mathematic one. It's actually really simple. Do you think eventually we'll be able to create virtual simulations that one, with no knowledge otherwise, could be convinced were real? Note that the simulation doesn't have to be of our universe, but anything that the person entering the simulation -with no knowledge otherwise- would perceive to be real.
Now the fun part. That question and answer alone already suggests you are almost certainly living in a simulation. Why? There is going to be exactly one 'real' reality. But this real reality will reach a point in time where it can and will spawn virtual simulations. And these virtual simulations may in turn further spawn even more simulations (though that is not necessary). So what are the odds that we're in the 'real' world? It's a simple question of probability: The answer is 1/x where x is however many total realities including all simulations there are. Unless for some reason people stop producing simulations at some point, x approaches infinity over time. That in turn sends the probability of us being in the 'real' universe approaching 0.
[–] enotsr22 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Thinking about the Simulation Theory is always best between midnight and sunrise.
[–] TH3_1D10T [S] 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
True. Things get weird at this time.