human
Explain to me the concept of the butterfly effect.
assistant
The butterfly effect is a concept within chaos theory which suggests that a small change in initial conditions can have a large impact on an eventual outcome. It states that, within the universe, even a small shift in initial conditions, like a butterfly's wings flapping could lead to a drastically different result in the future. Essentially, a butterfly flapping its wings, then later in time, triggering a hurricane on a specific location, illustrates the butterfly effect. It suggests that the smallest event can cause a chain of events leading to large scale changes.