A bit of an exaggeration, perhaps, but the point was that even in the theoretically deterministic world of Newtonian mechanics, only a small amount of complexity is needed to make practical prediction well nigh impossible.

• 这也许有点夸张，但关键是即使在牛顿力学的理论决定学界，仅仅是少量的复杂因素也会给实际预测带来不确定性。