For example, in the rain forest of South America, a butterfly kisses and flaps its wings, causing a little airflow around it, then small airflow affects big airflow, big airflow affects big airflow, and big airflow in turn affects it, and finally forms a storm in the Pacific Ocean.
Extended data:
"Today's butterfly effect" or "generalized butterfly effect" is not limited to the original Lorenz butterfly effect, which is only used for weather forecasting, but is synonymous with all complex systems that are extremely sensitive to initial values, which means that small changes or deviations in initial values will lead to great differences in future prospects, and this difference is often unpredictable or random.
The meaning of butterfly effect in different environments;
1, the "butterfly effect" in sociology
Used to explain: a bad micro-mechanism will bring great harm to society if it is not guided and adjusted in time, which is dubbed as "tornado" or "storm"; A good micro-mechanism, as long as it is guided correctly, will have a sensational effect after a period of efforts, or it will be called a "revolution."
2. The butterfly effect in economics.
The "butterfly effect" refers to the small change of the economic independent variable as the input in the economy, which can lead to the great change of the economic dependent variable. This butterfly effect exists in the foreign exchange market. The consequence of the butterfly effect is that it is difficult for policy makers to grasp the consequences of their decisions.
3. The "butterfly effect" in the learning organization theory
"Butterfly effect" is also an important content of learning organization theory and an important concept in modern management. Warn enterprises to pay attention to prevent minor delays in the development process and avoid major setbacks caused by the expansion of management defects.
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