**Insight:** There is a “Mandela Effect” with TLC and Madonna. The crowd consistently guesses that No Scrubs (1999) came out before Ray of Light (1998), flipping the actual historical timeline. Also, the variance in guesses increases significantly as we move from the 1980s to the 2000s.
dospc on
What was the criteria for picking these particular songs? You only have one from the 80s vs a ton from the 2000s.
Interesting project though.
Maxaraxa on
Seem like pretty reasonable guess ranges to me? They’re all quite close, plus you need way more songs here to show any real trend.
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**Source:** Data collected from **Year To Beat** ([https://yeartobeat.com](https://www.google.com/url?sa=E&q=https%3A%2F%2Fyeartobeat.com)), a daily browser game where players watch music videos and guess the release year.
**Tool:**Â Python (Matplotlib/Scipy).
**Insight:** There is a “Mandela Effect” with TLC and Madonna. The crowd consistently guesses that No Scrubs (1999) came out before Ray of Light (1998), flipping the actual historical timeline. Also, the variance in guesses increases significantly as we move from the 1980s to the 2000s.
What was the criteria for picking these particular songs? You only have one from the 80s vs a ton from the 2000s.
Interesting project though.
Seem like pretty reasonable guess ranges to me? They’re all quite close, plus you need way more songs here to show any real trend.
I find the 2000s blur to be a real thing.