[DJ Taylor]

In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a larger state.

In other words, a butterfly flapping its wings in Texas can cause later a typhoon in the Japanese Sea.

Think about it, in mid-20th Century America an 18 year old hippie freshman slut in a Honolulu college has sex with an older Kenyan politician on a student visa, who has a wife and child back in Africa. ​ ​And from this "roll in the hay" comes the collapse and dissolution of America in the 21st Century.

Interesting isn't it, and it makes you a firm believer in the "butterfly effect."

[Hoodat]

Well said.

[windcliff]

You have a great way with words.