>[!abstract] >Sensitive systems are not always and everywhere sensitive to everything. They are sensitive in particular ways under particular circumstances, and can otherwise be quite resistant to influence. Not only may a system be insensitive to butterflies, it may even be relatively insensitive to raging bulls. The raging bull may have little more long-term effect than a butterfly. That is what I’m calling the other butterfly effect ([[Cook, 2018]]). >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): [[Nonlinear system]] >- **West** (similar): — >- **East** (different): [[Butterfly effect]] >- **South** (downstream): —