butterfly effect
The butterfly effect is the concept that a small action or event can have far-reaching and unpredictable consequences in complex systems.
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- bifurcation points
- butterfly metaphor
- butterfly wing patterns
- cause and effect
- chaos theory
- chaotic behavior
- chaotic systems
- domino effect
- edward lorenz
- global interconnectedness
- historical events
- lorenz attractor
- lorenz system
- lorenz wheel
- non-linear dynamics
- ripple effect
- route to chaos
- rössler attractor
- sensitive dependence on initial conditions
- sensitive dependence on parameters
- sensitivity to initial conditions
- small changes leading to large-scale consequences
- strange attractor
- strange attractors
- system behavior
- time travel
- unintended consequences
- unpredictable outcomes
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