The Butterfly Effect is the principle that notes that even the smallest actions can have sweeping effects on everything in the long term. Today we'll look at that effect and ask what it means toward chaos, inevitable events, fate, and free will itself.

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Credits: The Butterfly Effect

Written by: Isaac Arthur

Editors: Darius Said Jerry Guern Victoria Kelly

Graphics: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Music: Markus Junnikkala, "The Fate of Our People" & "A Memory of Earth" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/ Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder 9" & "The Oceans Continue to Rise" http://chriszabriskie.com