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f072e54 It used to be thought that the events that changed the world were things like big bombs, maniac politicians, huge earthquakes, or vast population movements, but it has now been realized that this is a very old-fashioned view held by people totally out of touch with modern thought. The things that really change the world, according to Chaos theory, are the tiny things. A butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazonian jungle, and subsequently a storm ravages half of Europe. chaos-theory Neil Gaiman
9e406b4 Ideas that require people to reorganize their picture of the world provoke hostility. chaos-theory life mathematics paradigm paradigm-shift philosophy physics science thomas-kuhn James Gleick