The chain of cause and effect is equally interminable. Every action has a reaction. Chaos theory tells us if a butterfly flutters its wings in Africa today it can create a hurricane in Europe weeks later. The flutter keeps influencing the world even after the butterfly stops fluttering. Its impact continues long after its source has ceased.
The people we were, the impressions we leave and our participation in the world—they outlive us. Children are a way of leaving a legacy—people who share our hopes and beliefs and dreams, in addition to our genetic composition. They continue where we left off, building off what we leave behind.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Chaos Theory and Death
An echo is the persistence of a phenomenon after its source has ceased. It reflects that our universe is a closed system of energy. Matter can neither be created or destroyed. Matter can be ground into bits, scattered in the wind or evaporate into the sky but it will never fully disappear; it always go somewhere. Once something has been it can never not be.
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If Alois Hitler pulled out in time like he was supposed to, who knows what the world would be like.
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