Case in point: the Mandela Effect. Millions of people swear they remember “Berenstein Bears,” not “Berenstain,” or that Nelson Mandela died in prison (he didn’t), or that Pikachu had a black tail (nope). When confronted with proof, they don’t go, “Huh, I guess I was wrong.” They say reality changed. Their brain misfired and their ego couldn’t take the L, so they invented a multiverse. That’s the human version of an AI hallucination. But instead of saying “I'm not sure,” the meat-brain doubles down, adds lore, and opens a subreddit.

And it’s not just mass-memory glitches. My buddy Brayden is a Product Manager. He swears Pepsi Blue was only sold in airports. He insists that Sony owns the rights to Final Fantasy. Not just some exclusivity deal, mind you. He thinks Sony bought Final Fantasy. Full stop.

“Bro, that’s why you never see Mario in Final Fantasy. Sony owns it. It’s like, proprietary IP law.”

You try to tell him Square Enix is its own company. You mention how Final Fantasy started on the Nintendo Entertainment System. He ignores you when you talk.

This is how normies deal with gaps in knowledge. Instead of curiosity, they reach for vibes. Instead of Googling, they generate fiction. The same way an LLM will hallucinate a fake citation, a Brayden will invent a fake childhood.

Except AI gets patched. Normies don't.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746044&forum_id=2).#49071533)