The Mandela Effect and success avoidance

I just heard about something called “The Mandela Effect” where people assume that their memories of past events, when proved false, are proof of “alternative universes.”

 

I know someone who wants to weave this “multiple universe” theory into a “success system” where people can switch to a reality in which they are more successful.  This isn’t terribly different from The Secret, which seems to say that if you want something enough, you can create it from nothing. The universe will bend for yo...