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    It is not the case that A signaling protocol that depends on controlling inaccessible parameters is not 'possible in principle' in any operationally meaningful sense—it is nomologically impossible given the theory's own constraints.

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    • 1.A protocol's theoretical possibility can be independent of current accessibility; theories can revise constraints without becoming incoherent.
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    • 2.Inaccessibility to present agents differs categorically from inaccessibility in principle—future theories may reclassify parameters as accessible.
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    • 3.Nomological impossibility requires metaphysical necessity, not consistency within one framework's present assumptions about observability.
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    • 1.Operationally meaningful possibilities must be constrained by what agents can actually access, measure, or control within a theory's framework.
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    • 2.If a protocol requires manipulating parameters the theory declares fundamentally inaccessible, the protocol violates the theory's internal consistency.
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    • 3.Nomological impossibility correctly applies when physical law itself—not mere engineering difficulty—forbids an action.
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