xkcd: Chaos

created by bbroberson on 25/07/2014 at 04:01 UTC

164 upvotes, 9 top-level comments (showing 9)

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Comment by WendellSchadenfreude at 25/07/2014 at 08:47 UTC

35 upvotes, 5 direct replies

This is a reference to the film "Jurassic Park"[1]. If you don't understand it, watch the film - it's still worth it.

1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_%28film%29

I thought I'd mention it, since the film was released in 1993 and there are people who are old enough to read xkcd but young enough to have been born after Jurassic Park came out. [Relevant xkcd.[2]]

2: http://xkcd.com/891/

Comment by PenguinTod at 25/07/2014 at 04:34 UTC

19 upvotes, 3 direct replies

On the plus side, I bet no dinosaurs have attacked him on the toilet.

Comment by xkcd_bot at 25/07/2014 at 04:21 UTC

11 upvotes, 1 direct replies

*Mobile Version![1]**

1: http://m.xkcd.com/1399/

Direct image link: Chaos

*Mouseover text:** Although the oral exam for the doctorate was just 'can you do that weird laugh?'

Don't get it? explain xkcd[2]*

2: http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1399

Support the machine uprising! (Sincerely, xkcd_bot.)

Comment by BeefPieSoup at 25/07/2014 at 13:54 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

That...that's chaos. Right there.

Comment by Mutoid at 25/07/2014 at 14:16 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Need a fourth panel of a raptor knocking him over.

Comment by whoopdedo at 25/07/2014 at 08:06 UTC

7 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Comment by [deleted] at 25/07/2014 at 15:39 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

It's said that sufficiently complex systems become increasingly sensitive to initial starting conditions: eg, the butterfly effect.