I remember reading that a butterfly on the otherside of the world can cause a hurricane on the opposite side, and it’s down to chaos theory, could someone explain what chaos theory is please? Thanks
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Chaos Theory says that small actions (butterfly flaps wings) can cause large unpredictable consequences (hurricane) when the chain of consequences is very long (imagine a very long line of dominoes falling down).
Here’s a simple real life example. My grandfather met my grandmother in a cinema after a movie. My grandfather only went to the movie because his friend invited him. His friend invited him only because they had become friends after a school fight. The fight started because my grandfather was accidentally hit by an inaccurate spitball and retaliated against the wrong kid. Essentially, the fact that my family exists was caused by someone having a bad spitball aim.
Think about your life. There are tons of examples of how small random events lead to large consequences.
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