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    It is not the case that An inference from 'violates finite intuitions' to 'cannot really exist' conflates psychological surprise with metaphysical impossibility.

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    • 1.Intuitions about possibility may track deep structural features of reality we grasp pre-reflectively rather than mere psychological comfort.
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    • 2.Some seemingly possible things (intrinsic color properties, backward causation) resist intuitive acceptance across cultures, suggesting principled metaphysical limits.
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    • 3.The claim assumes a sharp division between psychology and metaphysics that may itself be unfounded—our deepest conceptual schemes may constitute reality's structure.
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    • 1.Metaphysical possibility depends on logical consistency, not on whether human minds find something intuitively comfortable or surprising.
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    • 2.Many well-established entities (quantum superpositions, infinities, spacetime curvature) violate intuitions but clearly exist or are real.
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    • 3.Intuitions evolved for medium-sized objects at ordinary scales, so their failure at extreme scales indicates cognitive limitation, not reality.
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