Long Count calendar.[^33] As the prophetic date of December 21 came and went, leaving the world apparently unaltered, it created a hole in the New Age community, which some have rectified using the ME. In the words of one blogger who posted…———. New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998.
Hirstein, William. Brain Fiction: Self-Deception and the Riddle of Confabulation. Cambridge, MA: MIT …[^36]: TombEscaper, “The Mandela Effect Can No Longer Be Denied: Berenstein Was The Tip of The Iceberg,” AboveTopSecret (blog), May 28, 2016, http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1115051/pg140.
[^37]: Cynthia Sue Larson, “The Mandela …
Cynthia Sue Larson
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Larson is cited as a primary theorist of the "Mandela Effect"—the phenomenon where large groups of people share false memories of events or details that never occurred—which emerged in New Age communities as an explanation for collective misremembering after failed apocalyptic predictions like the 2012 December 21 scenario. In the course readings, she functions as a key figure for understanding how digital networks and social media enable the spread and legitimization of shared false beliefs, bridging concerns about collective cognition, the role of algorithmic culture in amplifying fringe narratives, and the blurring of ontological boundaries between what is "real" and what is collectively believed.
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