typhoon halfway around the world.
What's ur interpretation on this and what does this really mean? Thanks
2007-04-04 22:13:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Actually that is not how it works, the butterfly wings don't cause the typhoon as such.
It is about the complexity of predicting fluid and gas movements. Actually we have all the mathematics needed to predict the weather, because it is just about particles bumping against each other (like on a snooker table). But the problem is that there is so many that of these particles, that even a small change in the starting conditions will cause a huge change further down the track.
This means that is a butterfly flaps its wings then a typhoon could change its course, and ultimately have big impacts on the future.
On the other hand the effect of the butterfly's wings could be nothing. For example on Jupiter there is a storm (known as the red spot) that has been going since the time of Gallileo. That is a long time for a storm.
The real meaning is that in complex systems, small changes have unpredictable effects. However such complex systems are actually stable with certain parameters. For example, it doesn't snow in Mexico City and daily rains are common in Malaysia.
2007-04-04 22:29:06 · answer #1 · answered by flingebunt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its called the butterfly affect.
A butterfly flaps its wings...
the air driectly around it is affected, and it gradually has an effect on more and more air. Over the course of a million years or so the gradual and miniscule affects that this air had , change the earth in ways that are of a much greater magnitude.
2007-04-04 22:18:09 · answer #2 · answered by dazed and confused 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My interpretation is someone wrote this in the middle of a poem, and is a metaphor for something else. I don't think that's possibly at all, but I have no clue what it really means.
2007-04-04 22:17:07 · answer #3 · answered by macho_bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try a search of "the butterfly effect" (not affect)
2007-04-05 00:54:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My interpretation:
Is that of the idealist -- What you do today determines your tomorrow.
It is for us to comprehend that what we are today, however small or insignificant will one day either bring us higher... or have dire consequences in a major part of our lives.
2007-04-08 18:28:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a poetic example of causality. even the smallest most insignificant action can lead to huge important events.
2007-04-08 12:57:49 · answer #6 · answered by Christopher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋