In: life. Also: creeping normality.
Butterfly effect
Key terms: causality, cause-and-effect, consequences, determinism.
The butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state.
A chain reaction is a sequence of reactions where a reactive product or by-product causes additional reactions to take place. In a chain reaction, positive feedback leads to a self-amplifying chain of events.
Another metaphor for chain reactions is a snowball, causing a larger snowball until finally an avalanche results.
A domino effect, or chain reaction is the cumulative effect produced when one event sets off a chain of similar events.
The term is best known as a mechanical effect and is used as an analogy to a falling row of dominoes.
It typically refers to a linked sequence of events where the time between successive events is relatively small.
A snowball effect is a process that starts from an initial state of small significance and builds upon itself, becoming larger (graver, more serious), and potentially dangerous or disastrous.
The hydra effect or hydra paradox owes its name to the Greek legend of the Lernaean Hydra which grew two heads for each one cut off, and is used figuratively for counter-intuitive effects of actions to reduce a problem which result in stimulating its multiplication.
In 2016 the site Torrentz shut down its operations without further information for the cause of the shut down. Within 2 weeks, there were 3 torrent sites that were built as replacements for Torrentz.
Similarly, after the torrent website The Pirate Bay was shut down in December 2014, it reincarnated with hundreds of copies within a week.
The Streisand effect is a social phenomenon that occurs when an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information has the unintended consequence of further publicizing that information.
Attempts to suppress information are often made through cease-and-desist letters, but instead of being suppressed, the information receives extensive publicity, as well as media extensions such as videos and spoof songs, which can be mirrored on the Internet or distributed on file-sharing networks.
Introduce one magnet and be amazed : http://9gag.com/gag/ayDpPRX
Move a domino piece and be amazed : http://9gag.com/gag/a09XnZq
This is the opposite effect of creeping normality.
Butterfly effect 2004, the movie:
