Friday, January 7, 2011

Of butterflies, hurricanes and tsunamis...

"I am an agent of Chaos." says The Joker. Chaos is everywhere. It's right before our eyes. It happens everywhere.

Chaos theory- for those who don't know anything about it. It's also known as the butterfly effect. To make it even more clear to my dear Tamil movie buffs, remember the opening scene of the movie Dasavatharam, where it shows a butterfly fluttering it's wings at the location of the Tsunami? That's what Chaos theory is all about. A harmless butterfly fluttering it's wings at one place might even cause destruction of unimaginable magnitudes at another. You will ask now- What crap is this? What has a butterfly got to do with destruction?

Good question. I watched this movie The Oxford Murders last night and I got a clear picture of what it (chaos theory)'s all about in a more concise way, as compared to Dasavatharam. The male lead of the movie says something very irrelevant to the murderer. A totally harmless statement, which leads to a murder and further triggers off a series of murders.

Unbelievable right? Something as harmless as a butterfly fluttering it's wings can cause a catastrophe. That's chaos theory. That's life. That's truth.

P.S: I know this post sounds really insane, but, really. I guess it's time to switch to some really stupid movies. Should stop watching highly intellectual ones.

1 comment:

  1. Guess its right, cause & effect hold good when it comes to thoughts as well...I have quite a few personal experience on that !!

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