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originally posted by: SmurfRider
My guess is that typos by publishers have created a host of problems both for the creator of berenstain/stein bears but also proponents of Mandela Effect everywhere for several decades.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: droid56
OK, let's suppose this is true.
Your physical reality was altered at some point, and the only real evidence is the spelling of the authors' name on a kids' book.
If that's so, then what exactly has changed? Does it matter?
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
OK, in terms of the big picture, yes, but in terms of day to day reality. I can't see that it matters much. I guess I got a sense from the OP that this was somehow done to manipulate us or hide something.
From a metaphysical perspective, yes, it would be enormously important and shift a lot of what we think we know.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
It is sad that the matter cannot be discussed rationally.
I think it's important, if for nothing else, it shows us a VERY CRITICAL fact about the effect of worldwide nearly instantaneous communication and how that feeds into normal human confirmation bias, faulty memory, etc.
It's important because these media are being used to channel if not control the Zeitgeist.
Sadly, anyone who doesn't toe the line of "it's supernatural/extradimensional/temporally anomalous" get's shut down.
Or at least, the attempt is made to do so.
One wonders why.