


I've also made two other maps based on this one, with one showing each state's date of admission and another showing each state's political affiliation. The idea has generated several joke threads (and perhaps serious threads) on internet message board Reddit.This is a flag map of all the states an alternate United States, based off of my other deviations " States/territories of an alternate United States " and " World Flags map - If the borders were drawn by me ", where the United States annexes more land, including parts of Canada and Mexico. A shift could also explain a rash of unprecedented outcomes in sports, like the Chicago Cubs winning their first World Series since 1908, and Donald Trump's election to the presidency, despite most polls predicting Hillary Clinton was going to win. In Trump's case, conspiracy theorists have cited "evidence" like his quote on terrorist attacks on Sweden and assertions that Muslims were cheering in the streets after 9/11, both events which they believe stem from memories of a parallel universe Trump used to reside in. "Mandela effect" examples include thinking Nelson Mandela died in jail in the 1980s, mistaking "Berenstein Bears" for its actual name "Berenstain Bears," and believing in a 1990s movie where comedian Sinbad played a genie. People are recalling the original reality, which is why there is divergent thought according to the believers.

Some think more of these incidents have occurred since CERN was established, and suggest that its particle physics experiments are causing the world to shift into parallel universes. Trump theorists cite " the Mandela effect," a phenomenon that occurs when large groups of people believe something happened even though evidence shows it isn't true. "These imaginative works, inspired by our scientific research, are works of fiction generated to capture the reader or viewer's sense of wonder and should not be confused with the actual scientific research." "CERN's research captures the imagination of lots of people, which is why CERN has been featured in a lot of science fiction books, even movies, around the world," a spokesperson for CERN told CNBC when asked about the Trump theory.
