tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761834.post1041537310458854455..comments2024-03-17T00:51:28.291-07:00Comments on Spider in the Bathtub: The Butterfly Effect in a NutshellSpider Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17479297567049539490noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761834.post-12424204726870887122007-04-04T06:18:00.000-07:002007-04-04T06:18:00.000-07:00i've always found chaos theory fascinating (if not...i've always found chaos theory fascinating (if not a little overwhelming as well), but it's not something i think of often. however, i happened to read this post the morning before i was involved in my first car wreck and got my first ticket. the whole way home after that big mess, i kept thinking about this post and its implications for my situation...if i hadn't stopped to talk to a friend on the way out of the office, would i have ended up here? if i hadn't let one car in to the main flow of traffic, would i still have been in a wreck? it's crazy stuff. and ultimately, i decided it did me more harm than good to dwell on all of the possibilities. in this case, i've ended up setting aside chaos theory for good old fashioned pragmatism. :) <BR/><BR/>anyway...just thought you might like to know...your posts do in fact influence those around you.dorkybutcutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12219373728460739607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761834.post-43298425989542435232007-03-23T12:52:00.000-07:002007-03-23T12:52:00.000-07:00Conversely, what you don't do has just as large ef...Conversely, what you don't do has just as large effect. You could seal yourself in a bunker, do nothing, and change the world. Hope for slackers everywhere!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04572099256911725997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761834.post-20238163016871977672007-03-22T21:30:00.000-07:002007-03-22T21:30:00.000-07:00I absolutely subscribe to this theory--but not in ...I absolutely subscribe to this theory--but not in a way that means we can control such things. What will happen, will. But the ability of "retrospect" makes all such questions fascinating. Great post.Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227519811818290510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761834.post-12688955745163488022007-03-22T19:26:00.000-07:002007-03-22T19:26:00.000-07:00I totally agree with this because if has a multipl...I totally agree with this because if has a multiplier effect. We are the product of every single interaction and experience we have ever had. Had any of those been any different, even slightly, we could be a completely different person than who we are today.<BR/><BR/>Nice post!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09763751210167358084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761834.post-77559977343156633382007-03-22T10:22:00.000-07:002007-03-22T10:22:00.000-07:00Creepy story about the two boys and the accident a...Creepy story about the two boys and the accident and yes, I think of such things often. When I was at the Green Sheet I went to cover a traffic accident north of Union Bay. It was a bad one and the driver was killed. In fact, he was lying under a tarp on the road. I thought later, what if he had noticed his shoelace was untied as he was going out the door and took a few seconds to stop and tie it? Those few seconds probably would have meant he'd still be alive. Unless, of course, you follow the idea of Kismet, in which case, that day was his day to die and there was nothing he could have done about it.<BR/>Nice to see you at my blog and I was thinking that I believe you were the second person to ever respond to a blog of mine. Kimber was the first, I believe. And, I realized to my astonishment you weren't on my blogroll, so I will rectify that right now.<BR/>Cheers,<BR/>IanIan Lidsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14106994463366766471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761834.post-75197000986717042402007-03-21T19:16:00.000-07:002007-03-21T19:16:00.000-07:00Hi SpiderWay too many "What if's" as I get older, ...Hi Spider<BR/><BR/>Way too many "What if's" as I get older, too many "if I had turned left instead of right" that come back to haunt me as more and more time passes. More memories of what was and what could have been had life been just an instant later. How much different would it be? But once the butterfly flaps it's wings you just have to live with the consequences because the only alternative is for the butterfly not to fly at all, and what sort of life would that be for a beautiful butterfly...Dagothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855843637997494395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761834.post-50820139614702047802007-03-21T18:58:00.000-07:002007-03-21T18:58:00.000-07:00I think about things like this too, having had eve...I think about things like this too, having had events such as yours with the two young boys happen to me as well. <BR/><BR/>It does give you something to think about and it should make everyone think at least a little bit.. not dwell on of course, because like you said, one would go crazy if they did.<BR/><BR/>But if everyone lived their lives thinking about the fact that they very well could be the last person someone speaks to, or by being friendly to someone may help them in a way that they have no idea of.. etc., I think the world as a whole would be a better place, and everyone in it would be better people.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687813504681738530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761834.post-86589594731816730032007-03-21T14:18:00.000-07:002007-03-21T14:18:00.000-07:00One of my favorite movies is "Sliding Doors" that ...One of my favorite movies is "Sliding Doors" that shows how a character's life was affected by simple slight changes. Very interesting theory.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755439918003129391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761834.post-79243200914744534202007-03-21T12:22:00.000-07:002007-03-21T12:22:00.000-07:00So what happens when i'm just in a flap?So what happens when i'm just in a flap?Hageltoasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15377246614125062089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761834.post-69606520899510274492007-03-21T11:47:00.000-07:002007-03-21T11:47:00.000-07:00I agree with LJ. Everything single little thing yo...I agree with LJ. Everything single little thing you do has so many consequences it's not worth thinking about. <BR/><BR/>Also, the many factors combining to cause one event has a flip side. By being at a certain place at a certain time on a certain day, but without a certain other factor could have resulted in you murdering someone, which could have happened if the other factor was there. Every event has a million near misses.skillzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02638588940126542733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761834.post-36782965934313567702007-03-21T10:35:00.000-07:002007-03-21T10:35:00.000-07:00I LIKE the concept very much. But then, I also be...I LIKE the concept very much. But then, I also believe you can create whatever your little heart desires...what effect that will have on the butterflies wings is yet to be determined.<BR/>:)Taihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03501421874989420807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761834.post-1245227611394566442007-03-21T08:16:00.000-07:002007-03-21T08:16:00.000-07:00LJ, my friend, you are a wonderful philosopher. I ...LJ, my friend, you are a wonderful philosopher. <BR/><BR/>I just think the concept of tiny things making all the world of difference/parallel universes heaped up on top of one another in infinite variety fascinating.<BR/><BR/>It's heady stuff. If I dwelled on theories like that every day, I'd go bananas. Everyone would. You'd be afraid to step outside. <BR/><BR/>Naw, I just was in a mood to contemplate the randomness of it all when I happened to find some interesting reading on the internet. Got me thinking.Spider Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17479297567049539490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761834.post-88132613708039269902007-03-20T22:23:00.000-07:002007-03-20T22:23:00.000-07:00Oh, my.So, how much responsibility do you want to ...Oh, my.<BR/><BR/>So, how much responsibility do you want to take on? It's fine if you want to interact cheerfully with each person you meet, thereby causing untold cheerfulness as it spreads from person to person. But what if there were other incidents between you and that other person's bad/good? Do you take responsibility there, too, not knowing if something you did, or did not do, caused a situation? Where does it stop? If your actions are so far-reaching as the flap of a butterfly's wing, how can you control the myriad of outcomes and further reactions that eventually cause weather upset? <BR/><BR/>Is there room for "it was meant to be"? Perhaps you were meant to meet Jeff earlier, and circumstances prevented that. Maybe you had turned left and he, right, so you missed an opportunity. How will you know? <BR/><BR/>Some other views... Maybe the deaths of those teenagers were needed for you to evaluate the current state of your life. Maybe those deaths will wake up someone on a downward spiral, turning them around so that they will go on to cure AIDS. Maybe those young deaths were required to clean out the gene pool. (I'm a great believe in Death, but let's not go there...)<BR/><BR/>Maybe your questioning in this public forum will cause others to reconsider the path their life takes.<BR/><BR/>Maybe... Maybe it's none of those things. Or all of them. <BR/><BR/>You are not the Supreme Being. (She has red hair and the cutest little outfit...) {ahem!} You are currently a Finite Being, and have infinite choices... with infinite results, with effects that you will never know, just as the butterfly does not know how it affects weather patterns. <BR/><BR/>Will you use the power for Good? <BR/><BR/>LJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com