Yes. It is believed, if a butterfly flaps its wings in Africa, it could result in a cyclone in the U.S.A. - This is called, “the butterfly effect”.
According to Wikipedia, “In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions; where a small change at one place in a nonlinear system can result in large differences to a later state. For example, the presence or absence of a butterfly flapping its wings could lead to creation or absence of a hurricane.”
Now, let me describe it in simple terms. The butterfly effect as a system in chaos theory explains that whatever we do has an impact either on us or on the world. For instance, if I try to pluck a rose from someone else’s garden, then one of the roses from my garden would be plucked.
The chaos theory and the butterfly effect are not only applied in Math, Physics and biology, but in daily life. For instance, let me narrate one of the incidents happened in my life. It was on Monday morning, when I had to rush to my College to write an exam. I learnt it was such an unfortunate day, for my car wheel got punctured. I had no choice other than traveling by the public bus. My hope did not stay any longer, when I realized that I slipped from the bus and got injured. By the time I got to my senses, I read it was already ten o’clock and it was obvious to miss my exam. Any single factors of change can transform or alter our lives.
If you are a frequent Tamil movie viewer, you might have noticed that the movie Dasavatharam depicts the theory of chaos and how each and every event causes a change in the end. In reality, this might appear to be frightening, for when we talk about change, we refer to the transformations happening to the world.
