The THINK Principle

**The THINK Principle** is a currently unlisted episode of The Mandela Catalogue. The THINK Principle is a couple of VHS tape recordings of Emergency Alert Broadcasts meant to educate United States citizens on alternates and how to combat them.

## Summary

### Tape 1

An old rendition of *The Stars and Stripes Forever* plays as a government broadcast hosted by the United States Department of Temporal Phenomena is aired on television about a current threat, being alternates, in which there have been countless reports of. The USDTP issues a state of emergency, advising citizens to stay indoors, lock all the entrances, and to have a weapon or firearm.

The USDTP then goes on to explain how to identify an alternate. If you notice an individual that appears identical to yourself or has a biologically impossible characteristic, you should choose to run and hide. If one happens to enter your home you should hide and avoid any and all contact with it.

Alternates are said to use forms of psychological warfare to take advantage of any victims, and it is heavily encouraged to eliminate any alternate you may come across.

### Tape 2

The THINK Principle is explained for those who may encounter an alternate, while music plays in the background:

* **TELL** an authority figure about your encounter
* **HINDER** the alternate's movement
* **IDENTIFY** the class type
* **NEUTRALIZE** the alternate (if safe to do so)

and as the slide changes to K, the music cuts out for a brief moment, the screen reading:

* **KILL YOURSELF** there's not enough room for the two of us

Static is displayed before it cuts back the original slide, the music continuing:

* **KNOW YOUR PLACE** in reality

Static is displayed again as the tape cuts to a seperate slideshow titled KNOW YOUR ENEMY. We are shown the three current types of alternates:

* **Type One: Doppelgänger:** we are shown two examples of individuals that appear strikingly similar to one another.
* **Type Two: Detectable:** we are shown the angel Gabriel, and then the Alternate Gabriel.

the music cuts out once again before the Type Three alternates can be displayed

* **Type Three:** we are shown disturbingly deformed alternates next to the individuals they are attempting to copy.

Cut to an image of a dark, quiet bedroom. An unseen victim turns on their bedside lamp, revealing a tall, entirely black alternate standing in the corner, staring.

## Transcript

> *We are currently receiving countless reports of an unidentified hostile organism that we'll refer to as "Alternates".*
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> *Until we have a complete understanding of the threat, it's important to stay home, lock all doors and windows, and have access to a loaded firearm or any ranged weapon at all times.*
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> *You will know if an alternate exists solely based on their physical characteristics:*
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> *If you see another person that looks identical to you, run away and hide.*
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> *If you see a person that has a biologically impossible characteristic, run away and hide.*
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> *If one manages to break into your home, refrain from any kind of communication or contact with the threat. These intelligent lifeforms utilize elements of psychological warfare to take advantage of their victims.*
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> *While we heavily discourage any form of contact or communication with an Alternate, we make exceptions at attempts to executing them yourself.*
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## Speculation

* It is assumed that the original Emergency Alert Broadcast tapes have been tampered with by an alternate as a means to commit psychological harm to those who view it, as is explained in Tape One. The prime piece of evidence supporting this is how the “Kill Yourself” doesn’t display the T.H.I.N.K. Header unlike the rest of the slides. However the Know Your Place slide does, suggesting that this was the original slide for K prior to the Alternate’s tampering.

## Gallery

Things that the T.H.I.N.K. principal says that you should do."If you see another person that looks identical to you, run away and hide.""If you see a person that has a biologically impossible characteristic, run away and hide."