[ Ranger glances back to him. There's a philosophical debate to be had about whether it was a lie or the truth, and the problems that could arise from two conflicting trusts coexisting within the same space, but it's a poor starting point for a person who hasn't been following the conversation. Actually, Ranger's pretty sure there's a limited amount of people around who want to get involved in that. ]
It's a phenomenon in which a group of people have a false memory of an event or fact.
[ He pauses for a moment. It's not difficult to explain, but Ranger's explanations are often full of jargon that he's learned is incomprehensible to a layman. It takes him a few moments to find the right way to break it down. ]
If a person describes an event, and the people listening to the description believe it's something they should remember, then sometimes people will create false memories. Then if everyone agrees to the story, then it becomes a fact, and you can rewrite history. I guess you could see it as an alternate reality, but it's actually just a mass delusion.
[ It might be more accurate to say that it was the truth being rewritten, though. Truth was nothing more than a collective agreement amongst humans, and it could be changed and modified any number of times based on new information or perspectives.
Ranger taps the expression card against his face. It's an odd example, but he continues on with it for simplicity, ]
So if we're going with Nagito said... If you erased your tally, and you started saying you never had one, then others might start to believe that. They could even create memories supporting that fact. So somebody like this guy, [ He nods to Komaeda, ] Might actually think he'd never seen a tally. If that happened, then it would be the Mandela Effect. Anyway, that's what we were talking about.
[ It's not the best example. He thinks there's far better ones, such as the deaths of famous figures, but he supposes it's simple enough. He looks to Nene now, waiting to see if he broke it down well enough, or if she has questions, or if it's just a point of conversation that they should move away from. It was an important concept, though, and a good one to learn about. ]
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It's a phenomenon in which a group of people have a false memory of an event or fact.
[ He pauses for a moment. It's not difficult to explain, but Ranger's explanations are often full of jargon that he's learned is incomprehensible to a layman. It takes him a few moments to find the right way to break it down. ]
If a person describes an event, and the people listening to the description believe it's something they should remember, then sometimes people will create false memories. Then if everyone agrees to the story, then it becomes a fact, and you can rewrite history. I guess you could see it as an alternate reality, but it's actually just a mass delusion.
[ It might be more accurate to say that it was the truth being rewritten, though. Truth was nothing more than a collective agreement amongst humans, and it could be changed and modified any number of times based on new information or perspectives.
Ranger taps the expression card against his face. It's an odd example, but he continues on with it for simplicity, ]
So if we're going with Nagito said... If you erased your tally, and you started saying you never had one, then others might start to believe that. They could even create memories supporting that fact. So somebody like this guy, [ He nods to Komaeda, ] Might actually think he'd never seen a tally. If that happened, then it would be the Mandela Effect. Anyway, that's what we were talking about.
[ It's not the best example. He thinks there's far better ones, such as the deaths of famous figures, but he supposes it's simple enough. He looks to Nene now, waiting to see if he broke it down well enough, or if she has questions, or if it's just a point of conversation that they should move away from. It was an important concept, though, and a good one to learn about. ]