Chaos Theory

Sarah Del Rio

Charmaine Kaimikaua

Small Group Communications

29 August 2011

Chaos Theory

The term chaos theory is used generally to define a developing scientific discipline whose limitations are not plainly clear. The first experimenter with the chaos theory was a meteorologist, his name was Edward Lorenz. In 1960 his discovered it with his weather-model. One day he tried to input a specific equation to get a certain model once again.

He didn't want to take the time to do it from the beginning so he chose a random spot and started from there. He entered the data at three decimal points rather then at the initial six decimal points. He resulting model came out to be completely different. These results showed Lorenz that he could never predict the weather to an exact point. This theory shows that the smallest change in something can result to significant change of things.

An example of chaos theory would be if I were to be watching T.V. and a show that I didn't really enjoy was on I would take the time to set my alarm clock to wake up on time for class the next day. If I was watching T.V. and my absolute favorite show was on I would probably be too distracted to take the time to set my alarm and that would cause me to wake up late for class the following day.

The chaos theory may seem complicated but is actually very straightforward. The chaos theory explains how something simple can have an affect the outcome of any situation. The outcome of things cannot be anticipated because any kind of change can make a difference in the situation.