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    It is not the case that A definition that permits infinite spatial spread conflates time machines with global spacetime topology changes, obscuring the causal agency of a localized device.

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    • 1.General relativity permits localized devices to produce global spacetime effects; restricting definitions to finite spread is physically arbitrary.
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    • 2.Distinguishing 'time machine' from 'topology change' may be conceptually useful but not ontologically fundamental to causal explanation.
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    • 3.Infinite-spread definitions can still identify causal agency through field equations; spatial extent doesn't erase localized sources.
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    • 1.Causal efficacy requires identifying the localized agent responsible; infinite spatial effects obscure which component does the work.
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    • 2.Time machines and topology changes are mechanically distinct; conflating them prevents precise physics and muddies engineering intent.
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    • 3.A definition allowing infinite spread is unfalsifiable; no experiment could distinguish the device's actual causal power from background effects.
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