Here's the second "Explain This" challenge thread.
Basically, I ask a question or a set of questions in the OP, and you try to come up with your best answer to the question(s).
While each member is allowed just one attempt per thread, your answer can span more than one post. And you are free to edit your answer for as many times as you're allowed.
As part of the game, give a kudos to any post that you believe is a great answer to the question. You decide for yourself which posts deserve your kudos, but try not giving every single answer a kudos, unless they all happen to be great answers. Also, provide kudos based on the quality of the answer, not on the popularity or likability of the person who posted the answer. Even if the person is immensely intelligent, if their answer is not to your liking, do not kudos it.
A week or two from now, answers will be evaluated based on the number of kudos given to each post. The answer with the most kudos given will be declared the best answer. If the answer spans more than one post, kudos given by the same person more than once will only be counted once. In case of a tie, all the equally top answers will be declared best answers.
Not all attempts will be evaluated, however. I will use some judgement and discount any answer that is clearly not a serious answer or that is clearly not the member's work.
While the challenge is happening, please do not post comments or responses to other answers in this thread. If you wish to discuss some of the answers here, please do so in a separate thread. Call it "Peanut Gallery Thread for Explain This #2" or something.
The deadline for answers to this topic question is January 30, 23:59 UTC. There is no strict deadline for kudos. I will count all kudos I come across at the time of counting.
Now, for the topic question(s):
What is the Mandela Effect? Provide some examples related to this phenomenon. What do you think about the Mandela Effect? How would you explain why so many people purportedly [mis]remember Nelson Mandela as having died while still in prison back in the 80s? Pick one other example that is commonly used to support the Mandela Effect and address it.
Please attempt to address all these questions. Do as much research as you need to, but do not feel like you need to tire yourself with endless referencing. This is not academia, just a fun challenge.
So have fun.
Basically, I ask a question or a set of questions in the OP, and you try to come up with your best answer to the question(s).
While each member is allowed just one attempt per thread, your answer can span more than one post. And you are free to edit your answer for as many times as you're allowed.
As part of the game, give a kudos to any post that you believe is a great answer to the question. You decide for yourself which posts deserve your kudos, but try not giving every single answer a kudos, unless they all happen to be great answers. Also, provide kudos based on the quality of the answer, not on the popularity or likability of the person who posted the answer. Even if the person is immensely intelligent, if their answer is not to your liking, do not kudos it.
A week or two from now, answers will be evaluated based on the number of kudos given to each post. The answer with the most kudos given will be declared the best answer. If the answer spans more than one post, kudos given by the same person more than once will only be counted once. In case of a tie, all the equally top answers will be declared best answers.
Not all attempts will be evaluated, however. I will use some judgement and discount any answer that is clearly not a serious answer or that is clearly not the member's work.
While the challenge is happening, please do not post comments or responses to other answers in this thread. If you wish to discuss some of the answers here, please do so in a separate thread. Call it "Peanut Gallery Thread for Explain This #2" or something.
The deadline for answers to this topic question is January 30, 23:59 UTC. There is no strict deadline for kudos. I will count all kudos I come across at the time of counting.
Now, for the topic question(s):
What is the Mandela Effect? Provide some examples related to this phenomenon. What do you think about the Mandela Effect? How would you explain why so many people purportedly [mis]remember Nelson Mandela as having died while still in prison back in the 80s? Pick one other example that is commonly used to support the Mandela Effect and address it.
Please attempt to address all these questions. Do as much research as you need to, but do not feel like you need to tire yourself with endless referencing. This is not academia, just a fun challenge.
So have fun.
