I have heard of the Mandela Effect, although wasn't completely sure on its meaning. Why do you think some people would have a 'collective' memory (is that what it is?) different to everyone else's 'collective' memory? - I hope you don't mind the question as this truly fascinates me.
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yes @naquoya you can call it "collective memory" I believe the more we delve deep into the human psyche, the more we begin to doubt our own senses. there are two ways of answering this.
firstly, based on what we know, we know that humans have poor perceptive organs, I talked about how most of our vision is artificial. The memory also can be artificial. memory is basically formed by new synaptic connections between neurons, remembering is like tracing back the same line of connection. These connections can easily be manipulated, for example, an older family member jokingly asks you "do you remember when you used to eat peanut butter with everything?" If the link between the neurons are weak to remember, the brain can begin to produce false links and you could even start to see your younger self eating cereal with peanut butter. scam artists and identity thieves use this method of manipulation a lot.
A second way of answering this is based on what we don't fully understand, talking about quantum mechanics and the many worlds theory, for example; the double slit experiment, which proved that a single photon of light fired through one of the slit appears to also pass through the other slit, so particles observed at a smaller scale appears to be in two places at once. some people have gone further to say that if true . then everything made of matter is in many places at once in time and space. that means if you open a door, there is a version of you in an alternate reality that did not open that door. which can also be used to explain deja-vu.
using that theory it can be explained that "collective memory" is the few times when different parallel realities clash and interfere.
I hope I have been able to shed some light. sorry for the lengthy paragraph, it's kind of a broad topic.
Thank you for going to such lengths to explain your understanding. No apology needed - I loved reading through that. Great insight.
That makes a lot of sense, and using the double slit experiment works for me too. That's one I think I do understand (at a rudimentary level).
Perhaps that does explain deja-vu. I have often wondered about that.
Thanks again.