Laplace System Co., Ltd.
Masayuki Horii
In the 18th and 19th centuries, French mathematician Laplace (Pierre Simon de Laplace 1749-1827) dedicated a book to the emperor Napoleon and was asked, "Why does the word God not appear in your books?" to which he replied, "There is no need for such assumptions in my books."
He had a firm belief that natural phenomena could be explained by scientific laws alone.
He also believed that all physical phenomena could be calculated using the equations of motion established by Newton, and that if we could calculate the movement of all elementary particles in the entire universe, we could accurately predict the future.
This kind of deterministic worldview, and the existence of such calculations, is called "Laplace's Demon."
At the moment a baseball is hit with a bat, the position where the ball will land should be precisely determined by the initial velocity, angle, rotation, air flow, etc. at that time.
If all matter is a collection of elementary particles and each follows the equation of motion, then the next state is inevitably determined from the current state.
Even human will is ultimately a physical phenomenon in the brain, and it does not change the fact that it follows the laws of physics.
If you think about it that way, this world, the universe, was already determined for all eternity the moment the Big Bang occurred, and we humans just cannot predict it, but "Laplace's demon" knows everything.
Currently, science has denied the existence of "Laplace's demon" with the advent of quantum mechanics.
According to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, it is impossible to determine the exact position and speed of elementary particles at the same time, and since they behave probabilistically, "Laplace's demon" cannot accurately predict them either. (However, there are still scholars, including Einstein, who disagree with the worldview presented by quantum mechanics and support a deterministic worldview.)
Of course, we do not know what the truth is.
I cannot possibly understand the world depicted by quantum mechanics, in which all events can only be expressed in terms of probability, but if Laplace's demon exists and everything is determined, I would like to say that this is not the case and that I will carve out my own future.
However, even if "Laplace's demon" does not exist in the microscopic world, we believe that it must exist in the macroscopic world.
We believe that even if we cannot predict the entire universe, we should be able to predict the behavior of a specific system.
In a solar power generation system, if the conditions, including solar radiation, are fixed, the generated power should be determined.
Of course, various systems in modern society are becoming increasingly complex, and many factors are intertwined, making analysis of them by no means easy, but we want to get as close as possible to "Laplace's demon".
Our weapon for this purpose is software.
In particular, measurement technology, simulation technology, and visualization technology.
We founded our company with this idea in mind and decided on our company name.
This may seem like an lofty goal, but all of our employees will continue to work hard to live up to our company name and not forget our original intentions.
