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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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The butterfly effects would add up and and any zygote formed would not be the hitler-as-we-know anymore, since it would be a different combination of sperm and eggs.

Who needs guns when you got a time machine? Don't like your highschool bully, just bump into their parents back in time. Or you know, "bump" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) into their parents.

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[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Chaos means that a small change in initial conditions can lead to drastically different places in the long term, so I think OP was using the idea correctly. Though I agree that just bumping into the parents may not be enough to push the system into another trajectory.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Chaos means that a small change in initial conditions can lead to drastically different places in the long term

Yes, what I was trying to explain is that it could (no closed form) but doesn't necessarily mean that is must. A chain with 2 segments is a double pendulum, the classic simple chaotic system. If you hold a piece of chain and give it a light tap, it will move chaotically for a few seconds and then come back to rest. The system will not have changed. Even with a hard push, the chain can't move beyond the limit of the links.

If you gave Hitler's dad a push, he would stumble for a second (chaotically), then go back to walking (return to initial state). Nothing would change.