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38 Comments
- jmpeagle, on 10/16/2007, -0/+23I like how this article recommends quitting your job
- inactive, on 10/22/2007, -2/+24I feel the hurricane !
- dannyboy3020, on 10/22/2007, -0/+13This article was hardly about the butterfly effect at all. It was more about saving the planet :
- jmkiii, on 10/22/2007, -1/+13Reap the whirlwind.
- jmpeagle, on 10/16/2007, -2/+9wtf
- Phyltre, on 10/16/2007, -1/+4OMGWTFROFLBBQ
- MaskedSlacker, on 10/16/2007, -0/+3Of course, a more important corollary is that there is no way to know what the effect of your tiny actions will be. This kind of stupid misappropriation of otherwise valid concepts is utterly assinine.
- MrSlumberjack, on 10/18/2007, -0/+3Buried for idiocy. What is being discussed is called a combined effort, and NOT an example of the butterfly effect. The butterfly effect is the idea that a change in the tiniest variable can result in the most massive and UNPREDICTABLE outcome in the future.
Merrian-Webster's Definition of Butterfly Effect:
"a property of chaotic systems (as the atmosphere) by which small changes in initial conditions can lead to large-scale and unpredictable variation in the future state of the system" - inactive, on 10/22/2007, -0/+2Sounds like a plan! I'll go get some panda steaks.
- THX8612, on 10/16/2007, -1/+3Then you have never studied Chaos Theory.
- BigBlueCarbon, on 10/18/2007, -0/+2the author has no understanding of the butterfly effect, nor chaotic systems.
we do.
the effect may be huge in terms of weather, but may not be big in terms of climate.
the future weather will be well within the normal phase space of the system.
no big deal.
"things will likely change for the worse regarding the environment no matter what."
really? you know this, or want this? we call ***** on you.
envirotards bug is. - Poco, on 10/22/2007, -0/+2All I learned from that is that the world will recover quite nicely even if we manage to cause the extinction of 50% of all species on the earth. No harm done.
- FXPooky, on 10/16/2007, -1/+3Go read "Cool It" by Bjorn Lomborg... very interesting insight into global warming (hint: he's agaisnt Kyoto and most CO2 taxes, but is certain that global warming is real).
- Phyltre, on 10/16/2007, -1/+3Meh, that's what I watch Heroes for.
- Cyberen, on 10/16/2007, -0/+1Extinction will include us.
- Cyberen, on 10/16/2007, -1/+2Let's all avoid the actual ideas set forth in the article and harp on the insignificant details!
Anything to avoid personal responsibility! - tenrec, on 10/22/2007, -0/+1Just how many butterflies is it going to take to cancel the damage done by the 53 new coal power plants, almost all without scrubbers, coming on-line in China in the next ten months? More than 53 I bet.
- rolty125, on 10/16/2007, -0/+1Quit your job in order to stop Global Warming. Oh yes i am sure if everybody did that, global warming wouldn't exist and the economy wouldn't ether
- happyhappyhappy, on 10/18/2007, -0/+1You are exactly right.
- slipkn0tz23, on 10/16/2007, -0/+1Congratulations :)
- Phyltre, on 10/16/2007, -1/+2Is a harem of supermodels out of the question entirely, then?
- csapdani, on 10/16/2007, -1/+1Quit my job???? NO ***** WAY
- insinuate, on 10/16/2007, -5/+5That movie sucked balls.
- alex199, on 10/17/2007, -0/+0Very interesting article, but there will be much more than a butterfly effect when the wife finds out I quit my job.
- crossers, on 07/22/2008, -0/+0this article is much more about how to save our planet or just all around us and our nature, then about butterfly effect.
http://www.shpe-sac.org
http://www.ocflex.com/
http://www.trgovinca.org
http://www.chasr.org/ - yodaj007, on 10/16/2007, -1/+1We need the Kwisatz Haderach!
- hankyone, on 10/16/2007, -1/+1haha yea those tiny actions wont save the world after all
- inactive, on 10/22/2007, -4/+3What if you threw away a piece of trash that caused a chain of events that killed all the preachy environmentalists in the world?
That would kick ass.
Let's litter until something happens! - inactive, on 10/16/2007, -3/+1Never heard of this before, nope.
- neuromute, on 10/22/2007, -3/+1>>Of course, a more important corollary is that there is no way to know what the effect of your tiny actions will be.
You're a ***** genius. Go ahead, do nothing but play with your Wii. I'm sure your mother's basement is safe, though. - FreakyD, on 10/22/2007, -7/+5You are not posting that from New Orleans I hope?
- drewfer, on 10/16/2007, -5/+2i just go back together with the love of my life. just like to share.
- 11Heather, on 10/16/2007, -4/+1A departure from Brian's regular posts, and a welcome. More of the same please.
- myfilthyheart, on 10/16/2007, -3/+0hey, i quit my job... awesome.
- DrFel, on 10/16/2007, -4/+1I guess it works because after reading this, I'm getting the urge to turn off my computer.
- holygram, on 10/22/2007, -7/+2Nothing personal, but I'm going to have to bury that one.
- inactive, on 10/22/2007, -9/+1Why don't you ***** kiss her, Prince Charming!
- inactive, on 10/16/2007, -9/+0My fart has the same effect.
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