Small unimportant acts can have major effects. We may not see them when they small actions happen but then the results can explode in the future. Whether you choose to call it syncronicity or chaos theory it is mind-boggling when you think about it.
Or what about Theresa LePore? Remember her? She redesigned the Florida Ballot slips. These managed to confuse enough voters so that Bush won the election. Now after enough chaos in the Middle East to confuse anyone (and to cause no end of intended and unintended effects) they are about to hang Saddam.
Here is a great short movie called Spin (its on YouTube). I think its a nice illustration of the butterfly effect… It’s also a very cool short movie. Unfortunately I cannot embed it into the posting as this keeps breaking my blog.