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offline Archrival on 2003-06-09 14:18 [#00733460]
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the butterfly effect? (sensitive dependence on initial
conditions)


 

offline Archrival on 2003-06-09 14:18 [#00733461]
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?


 

offline Nexus 6 from Netherlands, The on 2003-06-09 14:20 [#00733464]
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haha ask me that again in dutch


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2003-06-09 14:20 [#00733466]
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a quick google search produced tons... is this
what you're talking about?


 

offline Archrival on 2003-06-09 14:22 [#00733469]
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yeah thats correct.

NOW THINK ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!! Think about that
tomorrow.....no, think about that always.

Its a very important thought.


 

offline Archrival on 2003-06-09 14:24 [#00733472]
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the butterfly effect IS=

A discovery by meteorologist Edward Lorenz that demonstrates
how a slight alteration in the initial conditions of a
weather system (for example) affects major alterations in
the behaviour of the system. a butterfly flapping it's wings
over Tokyo causes hurricanes in MIAMI!!!!!!!!!!!...

Now fucking think about that!!!!


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-06-09 14:33 [#00733483]
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or

what about that sci-fi story about a company that allows you
to go back in time to see dinosaurs. when you go back
however, you must stay on the trail they have marked off for
you. One fellow strays from the trail and steps on a
butterfly. when he gets back to the present time,
everything is the same except all words are spelled
phonetically.

The effect of the butterfly dying prematurely (a butterfly
that might have laid many eggs or been food for some larger
animal which will now starve etc...)has a profound effect on
the future.

there was a Simpson's episode based on this.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2003-06-09 14:37 [#00733489]
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I love that story by Bradbury, nice stuff. It's like a
hunting safari for dinos, but only ones that were meant to
die anyway because killing anything else that wasn't meant
to die would start some chain reaction... crazy. And it's a
true story.


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2003-06-09 14:56 [#00733529]
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a kickass book by james gliek. who, by the way has
written quite a few really good books.

that book expands on chaos theory, and is light on
mathmatics, so even foolz like me can follow it. i recomend
it highly.


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2003-06-09 15:00 [#00733531]
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that inspired a spanish film: el efecto mariposa (the
butterfly effect)...


 


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