Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

"Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil set off a Tornado in Texas?" Is a famous paper in 1972, which famous effect was brought in front of the world?

  1. Butterfly Effect

  2. Chain Reaction

  3. Cascading Failure

  4. Byzantine Failure

  5. None of These
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Explanation

Edward Lorenz's 1972 paper 'Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly's Wings in Brazil set off a Tornado in Texas?' introduced the Butterfly Effect - the idea that small changes in initial conditions can lead to vastly different outcomes in chaotic systems. This became foundational to chaos theory.

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