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[[File:Fesoj - Papilio machaon (by).jpg|450px|thumb|center|Ein schmetterling, gestern]]
[[File:butterfly.png|450px|thumb|center|Ein schmetterling, gestern]]
}}The [[butterfly effect]] is a much misunderstood observation of complexity theory - that the behaviour of a [[complex system]] is highly susceptible to its initial configuration, and small differences in that initial state — in an ecosystem, the flapping of a butterfly’s wing — may mean the [[Systems theory|system]] behaves in vastly  — and quite unpredictably — different ways.
}}The [[butterfly effect]] is a much misunderstood observation of complexity theory - that the behaviour of a [[complex system]] is highly susceptible to its initial configuration, and small differences in that initial state — in an ecosystem, the flapping of a butterfly’s wing — may mean the [[Systems theory|system]] behaves in vastly  — and quite unpredictably — different ways.