The Butterfly effect?

Question

I've always been curious does this really have a bearing on any of our lives and if so how can we be 'responsible' in our actions towards it?

Answer 1

According to physics it does. In physics, there is also a "Chaos Theory" which is essentially the same thing. The most famous example of this is that a butterfly flying around in China can move the air just right so that it causes a hurricane in Florida, USA. If the butterfly never flapped its wings there, there wouldn't have been a hurricane in Florida. Another example regarding "Chaos Theory" is that a little speck of dust in water at a water park slide can change the waves in one of the slides there and affect how safe the people sliding are.

I think that this Butterfly Effect has a profound bearing on my life anyways. For example, last year I breathed really hard towards the south, and just a few months later there were hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico. See? Look what I've done...

I am not responsible for anything let alone this hurricane stuff...I'm always losing everything too much to be responsible, but if you mean how I contribute to solving the problem I've caused, I keep prices of various items low for those people who lose everything in the hurricanes so that they can buy new things. I do this by dumpster diving which means I make less purchases at stores which means that the big corporations get less of my money which means that they cannot create unecessary advertisements and expansions which keeps prices low for their customers because the company won't have anything to do with the money besides line the executives' pockets which are probably already full enough anyways.

And one person not contributing that extra money to the corporation is sort of like a Butterfly Effect as well; with my bit of extra money, they may have had more of a reason to spend it on advertising.

Answer 2

Well, it's the theory of chaos, it's always there, little and weak things can have an imaginable power upon us, it happens everyday.
No matter how insignificant you think something or someone is, it could easily change your destiny or turn the course of history.

I cant think now of any historical fact to prove you this, even though I'm certain there're plenty of them.

However, even though we apply this effect and the chaos theory to explain many things of our lives, the chaos theory was first brought up by a mathematician, so it's directly related to math and physical sciences, but even those subjects apply to our daily lives, everything is interconnected.

Answer 3

Forget tornadoes in America and butterflys in Antarctica.

All it means is that a small change at one point can have a large effect later on. For example: Are you married? How did you meet your wife? What small change circumstance would have meant you never met?

Answer 4

That movie is so sad
but it was a selfless deed

my mom left my dad like a year after i was born
i'm guessing my life would be so much more worse right if i stayed with him
i guess it does affect our lives
especially our mental health

Answer 5

Kill all the Butterflies, problem solved.

Answer 6

I think youve been living in a cocoon

Answer 7

waggy: it's called de'javu