Real Life Glitches

Have you ever wondered why we are all here on this Earth? One theory is that we are all living in a simulation being run by some other beings as a big experiment. I personally don't believe in this theory but there are some interesting little pieces of evidence that could suggest there is more to this than it seems.

If life were a simulation, then it would only make sense that occasionally there should be some glitches in the simulation. Chances are that you have actually encountered at least one of these glitches yourself and can attest that they can feel very strange. In this blog I'm going to be covering a few of these glitches that I've been able to find and some possible explanations for why they exist. This is only the first part of a two part blog so make sure to check out the second part once it comes out if you find this content interesting.

The first glitch is one that nearly everyone has either heard of or experienced themselves, déjà vu. Déjà vu is the feeling that you have experienced the events that are happening before you before sometime in the past even if it is clearly impossible that you could remember it. Many people, including myself, describe the experience as remembering something from an old dream that you had forgotten about until that moment.

This glitch is relatively harmless and is often said by scientists to be a misfiring of neurons in the brain causing you the feeling that you've seen the event before. Other theories include that these are actually forgotten memories of a similar event that your brain confuses with the current event or a sign that all humans share a collective conscious.

However, it is also possible that déjà vu is actually just a glitch in the simulation. It could be that the extra-dimensional beings running the simulation hit their version of Control + Z and undid the past few seconds causing a small glitch where your subconscious still remembered seeing it the first time the event happened.

It's likely that the reason they pressed the undo button had nothing to do with you but for some reason your brain was the one impacted by the glitch. If this is the real reason though than why are these beings hitting the undo button so often that déjà vu is a worldwide phenomenon experienced by nearly everyone, could it be that they are undoing people finding out about the truth...

The next glitch is one that has caused widespread confusion and sparked endless debates online—something known as the Mandela Effect. This happens when large groups of people remember an event or fact one way, only to find out that reality claims it never happened like that. A classic example is the Monopoly Man, who many remember as wearing a monocle, despite official depictions showing him without one. Another widely cited case is the famous line from Star Wars. Millions of fans swear Darth Vader says, “Luke, I am your father.” But if you go back and watch the scene, the actual line is, “No, I am your father.” Somehow, that’s not how most people remember it.

Scientists explain this away as a trick of the mind. They say our brains sometimes misfile memories or combine similar ones, leading us to confidently recall things that never actually occurred the way we remember them. Others argue that popular culture and repetition can distort individual memories, especially when movie quotes or brand names get repeated incorrectly over time.

But what if there's another explanation? If reality is actually a simulation, the Mandela Effect could be the result of small glitches or rewrites in the code; tiny changes that alter minor aspects of history, but don’t fully erase previous versions from every mind. Some people may be more sensitive to these inconsistencies, holding on to memories from a past version of reality that no longer officially exists. Their minds might have synced with the "old save file" before the simulation corrected the data.

So the question becomes: why would someone or something be going back and editing small details of the world? If they’re changing lines in movies and removing monocles from cartoon characters, are those just side effects of deeper changes we haven't noticed yet? Maybe these small glitches are breadcrumbs—hints that we’ve seen this all before, just not quite like this. And if that’s true, it makes you wonder what else has been changed without us realizing it.

The next glitch is one you’ve almost definitely experienced, even if you didn’t know it had a name. It’s called the Frequency Illusion sometimes known as the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. It’s that strange feeling where, once you learn about something new, you suddenly start seeing it everywhere. Maybe you hear about a rare animal you’ve never seen before, and then suddenly it shows up in a commercial, a book, and someone’s random conversation within the same week. It feels almost as if the universe is placing it in your path on purpose.

Psychologists say this happens because your brain has simply started paying attention to something it used to ignore. This is a result of selective attention and confirmation bias. Once your brain flags something as significant, you’re more likely to notice it, and then your mind reinforces that awareness by assuming it’s appearing more frequently. It’s all part of how the human mind organizes and prioritizes information.

But there’s another possibility that’s a little harder to shake off. What if the Frequency Illusion isn’t just your brain noticing something more but a ripple in the simulation responding to your focus? Imagine a system that dynamically generates or populates details in your environment based on your thoughts or recent experiences. Just like a video game loads textures and characters as the player moves through the world, maybe the simulation adjusts your reality based on your internal state, inserting relevant elements to maintain a sense of continuity.

If that’s the case, the Frequency Illusion might not be a mental trick at all; it could be a glitch caused by the simulation rushing to populate something it didn’t realize you’d need to notice. Almost like it’s lagging behind your curiosity. So when you learn about a new car, a song, or even a concept, and then suddenly see it everywhere, it might not be coincidence. It could be the world catching up with you and in doing so, accidentally revealing the seams of something far more artificial than we’d like to admit.

The next glitch is one that feels like it belongs more in a magician’s toolkit than in a discussion about reality itself but it might be more significant than it seems. Hypnotic suggestion refers to the phenomenon where a person, often under a light or deep trance, can be made to believe, feel, or even do things just because someone told them to. People have clucked like chickens, forgotten their own names, or physically reacted to imagined scenarios all because of a few well-placed words. The effects can be so convincing that even the person under hypnosis swears it felt real.

Psychologists typically explain this as the power of suggestion working on a highly focused and relaxed mind. Under hypnosis, the conscious mind takes a backseat, allowing the subconscious to accept ideas more freely. It’s not magic it’s just the brain being more open to influence, particularly when someone is suggestible or trusting of the hypnotist. In this view, it’s no different than how a compelling story can make you cry or how a scary movie can trigger a physical fear response.

But let’s look at it from a different angle. What if hypnotic suggestion works so well not because of psychology but because the simulation is built to be reactive to user input? If the world is a generated system, then maybe our subconscious minds have more direct access to the code than our conscious minds do. A hypnotist’s suggestion could function like a command—altering perception, memory, or even the physical experience of reality. Essentially, hypnosis may be a backdoor, and the hypnotist is typing in the right sequence to temporarily override the system’s default settings.

And if that’s the case, it raises some unsettling questions. Why does the simulation allow for that kind of access? Who else knows how to use it? And most importantly if someone else can change your reality with just their words, how much control do you really have over what you think, feel, or even know to be true? Maybe hypnotic suggestion isn’t a party trick. Maybe it’s a peek at the override panel of something far more complex than we were ever supposed to notice.

This next glitch is one that reveals itself not in strange memories or odd coincidences, but in human behavior itself. It’s called the bystander effect, and it describes a disturbing tendency for people to do nothing in situations where help is clearly needed, especially when there are others around who also do nothing. The more people who witness an emergency, the less likely it is that any one person will step in. It’s as if the presence of a crowd diffuses responsibility to the point that everyone becomes paralyzed.

Psychologists say this happens because people assume someone else will take action, or they wait for social cues to confirm whether the situation really is an emergency. It is often explained as a kind of behavioral short-circuit in group dynamics. Everyone waits for someone else to move first, and as a result, no one does. This has been studied in controlled environments and observed in real-world tragedies, giving it a strong foothold in behavioral science.

But what if it is more than just social psychology? If this world is a simulation, then perhaps the bystander effect is a built-in behavioral script, one that limits certain types of interference under specific conditions. In a system that needs to control outcomes or avoid unpredictable disruptions, having people freeze during moments of crisis could be a safeguard. Maybe the simulation prevents too many variables from being altered by suppressing individual initiative when too many observers are present.

That would explain why this effect feels so unnatural when you are the one watching something unfold. You know you should act, but some invisible weight holds you in place. It could be the code choosing consistency over chaos. If that is true, then maybe the bystander effect is not just a flaw in human nature—it might be a limitation imposed on us. A subtle form of control hidden in plain sight, designed to keep the simulation running smoothly while we mistake it for apathy.

These glitches may seem small on the surface, but together they start to reveal something much stranger lurking beneath our everyday experience. Whether they’re quirks of the mind or signs of a deeper system at work, one thing is clear and that is that we’ve only scratched the surface. I’ll be releasing a Part 2 soon where we’ll explore even more strange phenomena that just might be glitches hidden in plain sight.