Butterfly effect

[Harrison Owen]

I think you got it right on the nose. I can't claim that I was thinking of
the Butterfly Effect when I identified Butterflies, but certainly they fit
the bill. Although sometimes their impact is anything but minor -- but it
always seems to come in an offline sort of way introducing random turbulence
to the system. Always good for opening space and new possibility.

ho

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-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Douglas D.
Germann, Sr.
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 10:44 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Butterfly effect

Hi--

For some reason the postings on OSlist this morning
triggered the idea of "the Butterfly Effect."

This is the scientific notion that small changes in initial
conditions in say weather, can make huge changes in outcomes.
Thus it is said that a butterfly flapping its wings in China
today can cause a tornado in Kansas in two months.

Has anyone given any thought to the convergences and
divergences of the Butterfly Effect and the effects of
"butterflies" in our Open Spaces?

It has always been difficult for me to understand the role
of butterflies in OST, and perhaps this might actually give
us another handle on the subject....

                              :-Doug. Germann

Ordinary people talk, extraordinary people happen.
It's not what you expected, is it?
(Footprint in the Wind/sm # 461)

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