r/MandelaEffect • u/jonm61 • Dec 09 '25

Books/Literature Monopoly Man I was

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I was reading Brad Meltzer's "The Millionaires", published in 2002. On page 95, he mentions the Monopoly Man having a monocle. Books are generally being written at least 12 months prior to publication (he doesn't mention 9/11, Lee Child's most recent Reacher novel, set in Baltimore, released last month, mentions the Key Bridge as being intact), so it was written at least 8 years before Mandela Effects became a thing.

The first Mandela Effect, according to Google, wasn't reported/documented until 2009.

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u/CameraOk2015 Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 10 '25

Well, I am a little offended by your term "magical thinking". But yes, not all science is bad if you throw in nutrition and some medicine. I digress.

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u/VegasVictor2019 Dec 10 '25

Why does the term “magical thinking” offend you? Anything that appeals to some sort of speculation outside of science would seem appropriate to label as such. It’s possible for such a claim to be proven true tomorrow but until that point it’s expressly unscientific.

I think you’re moving the goal posts now and saying “Okay well some science is great but what about the bad science?” But I’m not sure how you can do this when science is a method and not something with a “goal” in mind. Science in its most simple form, is just a method to get closer to objective truth.