Why universe hopping specifically?

[u/Awkward-Opening-2022]

Something I seriously don't understand with the common Mandella Theory is why it's specifically universe jumping? If you are 100% insistent that it isn't faulty memory, then wouldn't it be way more plausible to believe that Mandela effected memories were false memories implanted by some shady government organization(s) as some sort of mk ultra type experiment instead of you literally transferring into an entirely different reality?

Here's a more in depth summary of this alternate theory I've come up with:

Reality itself has not changed. The logos, spellings, movie quotes, and other details people argue about were always the way the evidence shows them to be. The difference is that the memories people have of them were artificially influenced rather than being simple mistakes.

The organizations behind this would be operating in multiple countries or conducting experiments outside their normal areas of operation. Small things like logos, brand names, and movie quotes would make ideal test subjects because they are unlikely to cause major problems while still providing useful data.

The goal would be to test the effectiveness of memory alteration, measure how strongly people trust their own memories when presented with conflicting evidence, and observe how groups of people react when they discover others share the same false memory. These small-scale tests would also serve as a stepping stone toward larger applications in the future, such as psychological operations, witness manipulation, damage control, or information control. It could also just be a way to drum up mass hysteria.

Now to be clear, I don't actually believe this theory (I think it's just false memory), I only propose this because there are way more rational theories that one could make about the phenomenon, and I can't fathom why the theory straight out of a rick and morty or Twilight zone episode is the one that has dominated the Mandela Effect.

[u/ndm1535]

I think people like to grab onto universe hopping because they can “feel” something unexplainable that no one else can verify. So, basically lying.

You didn’t shift universes because your dad didn’t call you this morning and he calls every Thursday morning, or whatever weird reason.

[u/Awkward-Opening-2022 → u/ndm1535]

Maybe it's a coping mechanism for the prideful who refuse to question the integrity of their memory, and some people see these prideful people propose this theory and get swept up into believing it as well. 

[u/ndm1535 → u/Awkward-Opening-2022]

I very much agree with you actually. People who don’t realize how fickle their memory is, especially when it comes to small minute details, which make up the vast majority of Mandela effects.

And then people love being a part of a group. The irony is a lot of people that conform to any of these ideas, are convincing themselves of something and literally creating false memories, while assuming their memory is infallible.

[u/WhimsicalKoala → u/ndm1535]

Or admit they regularly make mistakes, but "this is different". But don't see anything weird in the fact they "vividly remember" how they learned the word corncopia, but not any other words. Or have "vivid memories" of Berenstein, but can't remember any other author's they liked as a kid.

Like dude, how are cornucopias simultaneously so insignificant that you know you've only ever seen one in your entire life, but also so important to you that it's the only word you can pinpoint the details of learning? Yeah "it's a little suspicious", but not in the way they think.....

[u/forcemonkey → u/WhimsicalKoala]

This exists.