Monthly Archives: September 2018

“What are you thinking of?” my friend asked me, when I was sitting silently. “Nothing,” I answered. Then I qualified my response. “Really, nothing.” “Really?” he challenged me. Did I really ever have no thoughts, an empty mind? I don’t think so, although meditating Buddhists may not agree. Even when my mind seems blank, I [...]

The butterfly effect – very small events having a major effect on seemingly unrelated major events at a later date – is hard to appreciate fully due to the apparent lack of connection between the happenings. The term was coined by Edward Lorenz drawing from a metaphorical example of the details of a tornado arising [...]