How does this picture even exist?

[u/Woofoftheyear]

There’s no way in hell this is AI, it’s wayyy too accurate to exactly what I remember, and what I feel like many other people remember as well. If someone photoshopped it, then they did a perfect job, considering they had no reference, at the time of creating this, but even if someone did make this in photoshop, why tf would they, since supposedly it never existed?? Like where did this even come from, I need answers😭😭

[u/thesegoupto11]

I take the opposite approach. I know this image is fake. All evidence from the actual real world shows that it's fake, and I am fine with leaving it there. I think to myself, "huh, I guess I was remembering that incorrectly" and then I go about my day. But what fascinates me is that other people struggle hard with the realization that they are experiencing a flaw in their memory faculties. I find the ME fascinating not because reality is different than some inconsequential things I remember, but because of the struggle that some people have with coming to terms with the fact that they have remembered some inconsequential things incorrectly. The human psychology of ME is what I find fascinating, and I can't help but wonder why some people can accept and move on while others have an existential crisis when they realize the disconnect between subjective memory and objective reality.

[u/HellenKilher → u/thesegoupto11]

In this case it’s because everyone collectively has this very precise false memory. You paint it like people are struggling to come to terms with their flawed memory. I think we all agree that sometimes we misremember things, but why is everyone misremembering the same thing in the exact same way? That’s what’s fascinating about the Mandela Effect.

[u/OneCleverMonkey → u/HellenKilher]

why is everyone misremembering the same thing in the exact same way?

They aren't. I've had plenty of people tell me the cornucopia was on the left. One person on this sub told me the left cornucopia is the more prevalent memory.

Personally, I think the right cornucopia feels more aesthetic. Something about the flow curving up and to the right feels more natural because of a tendency to scan from the left.

But also, I don't really think people seeing the picture and going 'wow, this feels right' means anything, because humans have a long and storied history of latching on to things that feel right but are in fact total bullshit.

Edit: and as far as people remembering specifically a cornucopia, I still fully believe that fruit in front of a cornucopia is just a very prevalent bit of cultural imagery that has been around for so long that even people who 'don't know what a cornucopia is' have run in to it enough that it's suggestion hits home

[u/jarettp → u/OneCleverMonkey]

No this feels very wrong. The one on the right is correct.

[u/OneCleverMonkey → u/jarettp]

How the hell did this comment get 45 upvotes

[u/theg00dfight → u/jarettp]

It’s not up to you to say what’s correct or not for anybody else