ラプラスの悪あく魔ま

expression, noun

Laplace's demon

A hypothetical omniscient being from classical mechanics, often used in discussions of determinism and free will.

• ラプラスの悪あく魔まは、物ぶつ理り学がくの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 being that symbolizes determinism in physics.

• もしラプラスの悪あく魔まが存そん在ざいしたら、未み来らいは完かん全ぜんに予よ測そくできるだろう。

  If Laplace's demon existed, the future could be completely predicted.