I have specific memories of multiple math teachers telling me this from elementary school through high school
…and I have specific memories of the Fruit of the Loom stuff we were wearing at school featuring a cornucopia…
Memories are not static and unswayable.
And with some cognitive social feedback the memory transformation from “You will not be able to use calculators in every situation” to the common-identity-establishing “You will not have calculators in your pockets all the time” is a minor one.
That’s exactly the point I am trying to make.
It is a classical candidate for Mandela Effect in action, but other than the sweatshirt logo probably not possible to prove one or the other way, although I have the feeling evidence points somewhat in the direction of a likely “false” memory.
…and I have specific memories of the Fruit of the Loom stuff we were wearing at school featuring a cornucopia…
Memories are not static and unswayable.
And with some cognitive social feedback the memory transformation from “You will not be able to use calculators in every situation” to the common-identity-establishing “You will not have calculators in your pockets all the time” is a minor one.
That’s exactly the point I am trying to make.
It is a classical candidate for Mandela Effect in action, but other than the sweatshirt logo probably not possible to prove one or the other way, although I have the feeling evidence points somewhat in the direction of a likely “false” memory.