Analyzing Andy Andrews 'The Butterfly Effect'
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The Butterfly Effect Author of the book: Andy Andrews Author of the effect: Edward Lorenz
29 de abril de 2013
Universidad del Desarrollo Profesional 29 de abril de 2013
Universidad del Desarrollo Profesional
Essay Made By:
For the English Class
Essay Made By:
For the English Class
The Butterfly Effect
By: Nayib Jimenez de la Peña
Research:
During my research about –The Butterfly Effect- I found some interesting facts about it, and so many thing are much related to it, and even there are some life laws that applies to it, it’s very impressive how many people have their own thought and ideas and how they interpret it.
In this paper I would like …show more content…
to write some of my research and how I understand it, this effect is related on how things work in life, and how little action are important in future events in life.
The name of the effect, coined by Edward Lorenz, is derived from the theoretical example of a hurricane's formation being contingent on whether or not a distant butterfly had flapped its wings several weeks before. I hardly agree with this author because it could be physically possible that, but, what about a person? What about the actions of a human being? These questions are intriguing, everyone knows that “every action has a reaction” that’s what Newton said, this is an example of how this effect is related to many other theories and life laws.
If someone do something now, tomorrow it could be anything in anywhere, that’s what Edward Lorenz thought, if a little butterfly flaps its wings the effect accumulates and several days later a tornado appears, a person doing a job, several days later it will become a statue or something. Well this is very complicated to explain so I’ll leave it as it is.
And even it’s like a snowball, a tiny snowball rolls downhill and it is getting bigger and bigger, well this is another example of the effect, little things like a mistake gets bigger and bigger over time, or a little noble action gets bigger and bigger over time, the minimum change in a condition can transform randomly in the future without knowing exactly how it going to be losing its balance.
It is very interesting how this effect works and how many ways and how many thing could happen if you let go a tiny opportunity in your life, I’m going to write an interesting example on how it would work on people an what would happen and most importantly how the actions are happening.
The little story goes like this:
You wake up in the morning, and it is somewhat late to have breakfast so you rush to get ready to work, then in such a rush you get in the car and you noticed that the car is broken, so you are getting more late, you decided to grab the bus and the bus is late too, finally when you arrives to your work, it is very late, your boss is very angry and yells at you to not be late again, now you feel bad and with hunger because you didn’t have breakfast.
Well this little story explains a little of a routine day in someone’s life, I bet everyone have gone through this some time in our lives. This example is related to other theories and laws too, like “Murphy’s law” and “Law of attraction”, is much like if you really want something, the universe make everything possible to let you have it, and even if you have a bad mood everything is worse and worse throughout the day. It surprisingly relates to the karma too, if you do something wrong today, tomorrow it would be the worst thing you ever done in your entire life and vice versa.
It is often said that the things you come to appreciate and value the most are the things that you stumble upon accidentally, the things that you would have never noticed had it not been for one chance encounter, one simple glance, one moment that you strayed off the worn and beaten path. After a while, you begin to wonder how your life would have been different if you never met that person, or walked down that sidewalk, or picked up that phone. I begin to ask myself the inevitable series of questions that comes after that sudden realization. What if I had never gone to that birthday party? What if I had never said yes? What if I had never gone back?
Eventually, you come to cherish these moments, these people, with all your heart. You never want them to leave you, you never want to imagine a life without them, and you can never bring yourself to forget them. The best opportunities only come once in a lifetime, and once you have them, you should never let them go, no matter what sacrifices must be made.
I personally find this effect very intriguing right now, I never thought of it like I do right now, it is awesome how the course of the actions trigger fast and big results in the future. Those people who believe in fate are persons who are prepared for everything in their lives. This deserves some respect.
A very clear example of this is the movie of the same name, it tells the story of a man who can review his past and can change it, with every action there’s a reaction, and now he is in a paradox, he is playing with physics and metaphysics and this is a very long subject, anyways, this movie is for a graphic example of the effect.
“A small change in the initial conditions of a problem can cause large scale changes over time”
The author and the book:
The author of the book:
This is a brief bio about the author: Andy Andrews (born May 22, 1959) is an American author of self-help/advice books and a corporate speaker, known for his 2002 bestselling book “The Traveler's Gift” Before becoming an author, however, Andrews toured the U.S.
as a comedian, eventually opening for acts such as Kenny Rogers and Joan Rivers. As his popularity increased, Andrews started sprinkling more serious tones, including the Seven Decisions, into his act, transforming himself from comedian to professional speaker. In 2009, Andrews released his second novel, The Noticer. He released his first children’s book, The Boy Who Changed the World, in 2010. An adult version of the children’s story, titled The Butterfly Effect, was also released as a gift book. (from …show more content…
Wikipedia)
The author of the butterfly effect:
Edward Lorenz became interested in the Chaos Theory accidentally, when he worked on predicting the weather in 1961 using a simple digital computer.
Desiring to save time with a sequence of data he started the simulation in the middle of its course. To his surprise the weather that was predicted was completely different from the weather he had calculated before. He discovered the computer had rounded off the variables to a 3-digit number. This tiny difference should have had practically no effect.
Due to his studies on weather prediction Edward Lorenz later wrote a paper to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1972 entitled, Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil set off a Tornado. In Texas, Lorenz surmised that a small change like the flapping of the wings of a butterfly could cause a chain of events leading to a large-scale phenomenon. If that one butterfly had not flapped his wings, the results might have been vastly different.
The
Book:
In life, the smallest things can make the greatest impact con the world. This known as the butterfly effect in chaos theory. The butterfly’s effect most famous example is a hurricane creation being dependent on whether or not a butterfly flapped its wings. In another instance, if a single eat in a hoard becomes frightened it gives off a pheromone which tells all other rats to run away saving the pack from harm.
Conclusion:
By taking small steps to change your future you too can utilize the Butterfly Effect. Imagine how you can invoke some small change in your life now that would ultimately change your whole life. If by changing a series of small things you create stepping-stones to your future, your entire life could be transformed.
The Butterfly Effect works largely because everything in the universe is connected. Knowing the possible impact of your actions should affect your choices and decisions. When making small changes we also build momentum for the tasks and changes that will follow. Remember, the Butterfly Effect says small changes over time realizes big effects. Changing the future using the framework of the Butterfly Effect can dramatically change your life with very little effort. So what are you waiting for? Start flapping those wings.
The Butterfly Effect Author of the book: Andy Andrews Author of the effect: Edward Lorenz
29 de abril de 2013
Universidad del Desarrollo Profesional 29 de abril de 2013
Universidad del Desarrollo Profesional
Essay Made By:
For the English Class
Essay Made By:
For the English Class
The Butterfly Effect
By: Nayib Jimenez de la Peña
Research:
During my research about –The Butterfly Effect- I found some interesting facts about it, and so many thing are much related to it, and even there are some life laws that applies to it, it’s very impressive how many people have their own thought and ideas and how they interpret it.
In this paper I would like …show more content…
to write some of my research and how I understand it, this effect is related on how things work in life, and how little action are important in future events in life.
The name of the effect, coined by Edward Lorenz, is derived from the theoretical example of a hurricane's formation being contingent on whether or not a distant butterfly had flapped its wings several weeks before. I hardly agree with this author because it could be physically possible that, but, what about a person? What about the actions of a human being? These questions are intriguing, everyone knows that “every action has a reaction” that’s what Newton said, this is an example of how this effect is related to many other theories and life laws.
If someone do something now, tomorrow it could be anything in anywhere, that’s what Edward Lorenz thought, if a little butterfly flaps its wings the effect accumulates and several days later a tornado appears, a person doing a job, several days later it will become a statue or something. Well this is very complicated to explain so I’ll leave it as it is.
And even it’s like a snowball, a tiny snowball rolls downhill and it is getting bigger and bigger, well this is another example of the effect, little things like a mistake gets bigger and bigger over time, or a little noble action gets bigger and bigger over time, the minimum change in a condition can transform randomly in the future without knowing exactly how it going to be losing its balance.
It is very interesting how this effect works and how many ways and how many thing could happen if you let go a tiny opportunity in your life, I’m going to write an interesting example on how it would work on people an what would happen and most importantly how the actions are happening.
The little story goes like this:
You wake up in the morning, and it is somewhat late to have breakfast so you rush to get ready to work, then in such a rush you get in the car and you noticed that the car is broken, so you are getting more late, you decided to grab the bus and the bus is late too, finally when you arrives to your work, it is very late, your boss is very angry and yells at you to not be late again, now you feel bad and with hunger because you didn’t have breakfast.
Well this little story explains a little of a routine day in someone’s life, I bet everyone have gone through this some time in our lives. This example is related to other theories and laws too, like “Murphy’s law” and “Law of attraction”, is much like if you really want something, the universe make everything possible to let you have it, and even if you have a bad mood everything is worse and worse throughout the day. It surprisingly relates to the karma too, if you do something wrong today, tomorrow it would be the worst thing you ever done in your entire life and vice versa.
It is often said that the things you come to appreciate and value the most are the things that you stumble upon accidentally, the things that you would have never noticed had it not been for one chance encounter, one simple glance, one moment that you strayed off the worn and beaten path. After a while, you begin to wonder how your life would have been different if you never met that person, or walked down that sidewalk, or picked up that phone. I begin to ask myself the inevitable series of questions that comes after that sudden realization. What if I had never gone to that birthday party? What if I had never said yes? What if I had never gone back?
Eventually, you come to cherish these moments, these people, with all your heart. You never want them to leave you, you never want to imagine a life without them, and you can never bring yourself to forget them. The best opportunities only come once in a lifetime, and once you have them, you should never let them go, no matter what sacrifices must be made.
I personally find this effect very intriguing right now, I never thought of it like I do right now, it is awesome how the course of the actions trigger fast and big results in the future. Those people who believe in fate are persons who are prepared for everything in their lives. This deserves some respect.
A very clear example of this is the movie of the same name, it tells the story of a man who can review his past and can change it, with every action there’s a reaction, and now he is in a paradox, he is playing with physics and metaphysics and this is a very long subject, anyways, this movie is for a graphic example of the effect.
“A small change in the initial conditions of a problem can cause large scale changes over time”
The author and the book:
The author of the book:
This is a brief bio about the author: Andy Andrews (born May 22, 1959) is an American author of self-help/advice books and a corporate speaker, known for his 2002 bestselling book “The Traveler's Gift” Before becoming an author, however, Andrews toured the U.S.
as a comedian, eventually opening for acts such as Kenny Rogers and Joan Rivers. As his popularity increased, Andrews started sprinkling more serious tones, including the Seven Decisions, into his act, transforming himself from comedian to professional speaker. In 2009, Andrews released his second novel, The Noticer. He released his first children’s book, The Boy Who Changed the World, in 2010. An adult version of the children’s story, titled The Butterfly Effect, was also released as a gift book. (from …show more content…
Wikipedia)
The author of the butterfly effect:
Edward Lorenz became interested in the Chaos Theory accidentally, when he worked on predicting the weather in 1961 using a simple digital computer.
Desiring to save time with a sequence of data he started the simulation in the middle of its course. To his surprise the weather that was predicted was completely different from the weather he had calculated before. He discovered the computer had rounded off the variables to a 3-digit number. This tiny difference should have had practically no effect.
Due to his studies on weather prediction Edward Lorenz later wrote a paper to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1972 entitled, Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil set off a Tornado. In Texas, Lorenz surmised that a small change like the flapping of the wings of a butterfly could cause a chain of events leading to a large-scale phenomenon. If that one butterfly had not flapped his wings, the results might have been vastly different.
The
Book:
In life, the smallest things can make the greatest impact con the world. This known as the butterfly effect in chaos theory. The butterfly’s effect most famous example is a hurricane creation being dependent on whether or not a butterfly flapped its wings. In another instance, if a single eat in a hoard becomes frightened it gives off a pheromone which tells all other rats to run away saving the pack from harm.
Conclusion:
By taking small steps to change your future you too can utilize the Butterfly Effect. Imagine how you can invoke some small change in your life now that would ultimately change your whole life. If by changing a series of small things you create stepping-stones to your future, your entire life could be transformed.
The Butterfly Effect works largely because everything in the universe is connected. Knowing the possible impact of your actions should affect your choices and decisions. When making small changes we also build momentum for the tasks and changes that will follow. Remember, the Butterfly Effect says small changes over time realizes big effects. Changing the future using the framework of the Butterfly Effect can dramatically change your life with very little effort. So what are you waiting for? Start flapping those wings.