Post #497967 by little lost tiki on Tue, Dec 8, 2009 12:15 PM

On 2009-12-08 11:12, Atomic Tiki Punk waxed philosophically:
Q: So you have established that "Time Travel" is real, so how do we know if our current timeline is Paradox free?, Is it possible that we are experiencing a post Butterfly effect? if so? why did Richard Roundtree not set him self up as the richest Man in the world or President of America etc.?
It would seem that the Inventor of Smarties, may in fact, not be so smart?

I'm Just talkin bout "Shaft"

In 1972, Philip Merilees asked," Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas? "
Although a butterfly flapping its wings has remained constant in the expression of this concept, the location of the butterfly, the consequences, and the location of the consequences have varied widely.

The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of a tornado or delay, accelerate or even prevent the occurrence of a tornado in a certain location. The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale alterations of events. Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different. While the butterfly does not "cause" the tornado in the sense of providing the energy for the tornado, it does "cause" it in the sense that the flap of its wings is an essential part of the initial conditions resulting in a tornado, and without that flap that particular tornado would not have existed.

The butterfly effect is a phrase that encapsulates the more technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory. Small variations of the initial condition of a dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system. This is sometimes presented as esoteric behavior, but can be exhibited by very simple systems: for example, a ball placed at the crest of a hill might roll into any of several valleys depending on slight differences in initial position.

Quantum chaos is the study of the butterfly effect in semiclassical physics and quantum mechanics.

It is a common subject in fiction when presenting scenarios involving time travel and with "what if" scenarios where one storyline diverges at the moment of a seemingly minor event resulting in two significantly different outcomes....

So.... After that lengthy explanantion for our more "underedumicated" audience
we are now ready to answer your question..
By "we" i refer to all the possible LLTs in various dimensions.....

So you have established that "Time Travel" is real, so how do we know if our current timeline is Paradox free?

We don't.... in most of the "saner" dimensions,our last president was a clone of Lincoln....

Is it possible that we are experiencing a post Butterfly effect?

yes!

if so? why did Richard Roundtree not set him self up as the richest Man in the world or President of America etc.?

Too high a profile.....
High profile figures gain not only the admiration
but the ire of large groups of people...
the Smarties Empire gives Mr. Roundtree
(note how his name is spelled just a little bit different than our time continuim...)
the wealth and power
without the press and harassment....

It would seem that the Inventor of Smarties, may in fact, not be so smart?

Actually, he made the BEST decision out there...
Shut Yo Mauf!

Thanks for the question!