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Jimmah01 Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

The Butterfly Effect

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0The butterfly effect is a simplification of mathematical chaos theory.02br
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00Maybe "far-reaching effect" "like ripples on a pond", or "unintended/unforeseen consequences"02br
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00In a negative context, "Murphy's Law" may fit in some situations. (common vernacular says it means that if anything can go wrong, it will.)0-
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0Small changes in initial conditions cause large changes in final effects 0-
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0 I'm with Vorpar - Unforeseen consequences. 0-
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