ラプラスのデーモン

noun

Laplace's demon

A thought experiment in classical mechanics: a hypothetical intellect that, knowing all forces and positions of all particles, could predict the entire future. Rare term; more commonly referred to as ラプラスの魔物.

See also: ラプラスの魔物

• ラプラスのデーモンは、古こ典てん物ぶつ理り学がくにおける決けっ定てい論ろんを象しょう徴ちょうする存そん在ざいだ。

  Laplace's demon is a figure that symbolizes determinism in classical physics.