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A commonly cited example is the "butterfly effect" — the idea that a butterfly beating its wing in Brazil can bring about a tornado in Texas.

It's not widely known but this axiom is the foundation of modern science.

How so?

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It's not widely known but this axiom is the foundation of modern science. / How so?

I think I was being sarcastic. The Big Bang, evolution, earth science all seems like complete BS to me. It's as if it were all based upon this butterfly effect.

(FTR I have science degrees myself, and do not pretend to know how any of the stuff we observe came to be. It's just obvious to me what isn't true. I'm a when contradictions exist, examine your premises kind of guy.)

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