Ever since Pierre-Simon Laplace envisioned the Hypothetical "Laplace's Demon" in 1814, an entity with infinite computing power that knows the exact location and velocity of every particle in the universe, there has been speculation that if one had such abilities, the past, present, and future of the universe can be predicted. |
De cand Pierre-Simon Laplace si-a imaginat Ipoteticul Demon al lui Laplace in anul 1814, o entitate cu putere infinita de calcul care cunoaste locatia si viteza fiecarei particule din univers, au fost speculatii potrivit carora, daca cineva ar avea asemenea abilitati, trecutul, prezentul si viitorul universului pot fi prezise. |
However, there are limits to even this kind of knowledge, and it may very well be impossible for mankind to ever find the much sought-after "Theory of Everything". |
Totusi, exista limite chiar si al acestor feluri de cunostinte si ar putea fi imposibil pentru umanitate sa gaseasca vreodata asa de mult cautata Teorie a Totului. |
Does Laplace's Demon hold proof of Predestination? |
Are Demonul lui Laplace dovada predestinarii? |
Could it even exist? |
Chiar ar putea exista? |
We will examine these questions shortly. |
Vom examina pe scurt aceste intrebari.
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Let us assume, for one moment, that Laplace's Demon not only could exist, but it is real. |
Sa presupunem, pentru un moment, nu doar ca Demonul lui Laplace ar putea exista, dar ca ar fi real. |
The entity is sitting in a laboratory, doing computations, and feeding scientists data about the future of the universe. |
Entitatea sta in laborator, facand calcule si hranind oamenii de stiinta cu date despre viitorul universului. |
This scenario could be thought of as absolute proof that free will is an illusion, and that predestination rules the universe. |
Acest scenariu ar putea fi considerat o dovada absoluta a faptului ca liberul arbitru este o iulzie, si ca predestinarea conduce universul. |
As the Demon simulates particles ricocheting off of each other, forming atoms, cooling down, then gradually forming stars several billion years ago, it watches matter spin, gravity attract material; Earth forms, then life forms, then Humans slowly evolve, it predicts the chemical reactions going on inside our brains, it knows what we will do, what we will think, and what we will feel. |
In timp ce Demonul simuleaza particule ricosand dintr-una in alta, formand atomi, racindu-se, apoi treptat formandu-se stele acum cateva miliarde de ani, observa materia invartindu-se, gravitatia atrage materialul; Pamantul se formeaza, apoi se formeaza viata, apoi oamenii evolueaza incet, prezice reactiile chimice care se intampla in creierul nostru, stie ce vom face, ce vom gandi si ce vom simti. |
For the processes of our brain are no different, no less certain than the boiling of water or the constant flickering of minute switches in the circuitry of a computer. |
Pentru ca procesele din creierul nostru nu sunt diferite, nu mai putin sigur decat fiertul apei sau palpaitul constant al minutului intra in circuitele unui computer. |
Neurons fire, some adrenaline is released there, some dopamine here, and you get a human thought. |
Neuronii se activeaza, putina adrenalina este eliberata acolo, putina dopamina aici, si ai un gand uman. |
What we perceive as free will is merely routine chemical processes occurring within our brains, and we are no more than clumps of matter floating around in the universe like the coldest space rock, as time moves only forward, and the universe expands outward. |
Ceea ce noi percepem ca liberul arbitru sunt doar procese chimice de rutina, care se intampla in creierul nostru, si noi nu suntem nimic mai mult decat gramezi de materie plutind prin univers ca cea mai rece piatra spatiala, in timp ce timpul merge doar inainte, si universul s extinde spre exterior. |
and nothing- nothing is uncertain in the mind of the Demon. |
si nimic nimic nu este nesigur in mintea Demonului. |