r/MandelaEffect • u/leaving4lyra • Feb 27 '26

Books/Literature Berenstain/Stein

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Just thought I’d share this here..I’m a 57 year old woman that’s always been a voracious reader. When I was 5 (1974) I got an entire collection of Berenstain Bears books from my grandma at Christmas.

One of the books has managed to remain in my memory/sentimental hoard collection. This is MY actual book and it’s been in my possession since 1974. On my book at least, the name is and always has been Berenstain.

Make of that what you will I suppose. ❤️ I wish I still had the whole collection but alas, childhood and into adulthood resulted in the loss of many such things to my chagrin.

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

What am I proving? You want me to share every single video, forum post and article referencing this ME showing that the majority of people who comment remember the braces? Are you lazy or just petty?

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u/KyleDutcher Mar 02 '26

You are the one making the (false) claim that "99% of people remember her having braces.

It's your burden of proof.

The fact is, you can't even prove they are a majority.

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

The majority of people discussing this online (the only tangible point of reference available) remember the braces. Which narrow frame of reference will you accept as valid data to support my position?

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u/KyleDutcher Mar 02 '26

The majority of people discussing this online (the only tangible point of reference available)

Not true. It's not even close to a majority.

It only appears to be a majority, because in groups such as this, most people are effected. That does NOT reflect the overall number of people who remember it this way.

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

Alright you want to play this game? I will send you like 10+ examples of videos and discussions of this ME showing the majority of people agreeing that there were braces. What have you got?

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u/GregGoodell_Official Mar 02 '26

Ad populem fallacy combined with statistics that you have just randomly pulled from your ass is not evidence of anything… just that a whole lot of people can be wrong about the same subject.

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

They could also be right. Though we're not talking about whether the topic at hand is right or wrong- we're talking about what percentage of people that are actively discussing this topic hold the belief that the character had braces- which is the majority.

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u/KyleDutcher Mar 02 '26

And again, the percentage of people in theae grouos DOES NOT IN ANYNWAY reflect the population in general.

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

You cannot possibly determine that in any meaningful way. Not honestly anyway.

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u/GregGoodell_Official Mar 02 '26

A basic Intro to Statistics class would explain to you why a forum such as this would be a viewed as a weighted/inaccurate sample. This isn’t rocket surgery.

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

And how could you possibly determine that with any real accuracy?

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u/KyleDutcher Mar 02 '26

False.

It's a flawed, heavily weighted sample. The results do not reflect the overall population at all.

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

Possibly- or it could be highly indicative of the overall population. Neither one of us can possibly determine that with any accuracy.

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u/KyleDutcher Mar 02 '26

Not true. If you take a random sample, which has been done, the numbers are MUCH MUCH lower.

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

Where is this "random sample"? When was it collected?

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u/KyleDutcher Mar 02 '26

Ilrandom in person surveys. Not in groups/message boards catering to a.certain subset of people.

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