(July 14, 2014 at 3:29 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote: Considering the noose experiment, that is a whole lot of things brought into play to obtain an effect. Same with the "moving pluto" example. I think this question is one of small stimulus causing a huge effect. I still say, not likely, the universe seems to follow rules that prevent such large effects being caused by small stimuli. I could imagine some causal chain that might result in some catastrophe like some Final Destination death scene, but I think those mostly don't happen, and they really are a buildup of many small actions rather than one action causing the huge effect.
When someone says a butterfly can cause a hurricane, it doesn't mean that the flapping has solely caused the hurricane. Hurricanes are ultimately caused by differntial heating of the atmosphere by the Sun.
It is more that the pattern of hurricanes/the exact location and timing of a particular hurriance could potentially be influenced.
The point of the noose experiment was that the two scenarios were identical, except for a 1.5% difference in temperature.