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    Any redistribution of energy by a non-physical mind requi... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Mind could influence the physical world without violating conservation of energy

    Any redistribution of energy by a non-physical mind requires a causal mechanism, and all known causal mechanisms involve energy transfer.

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    • 1.Physical causation in our universe is exclusively mediated by energy transfer across all observed phenomena.
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    • 2.If non-physical minds affect physical systems, they must bridge an ontological gap requiring some mechanism of action.
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    • 3.No known mechanism exists outside energy transfer that produces detectable physical change in material systems.
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    • 1.Information transfer doesn't require energy transfer; quantum entanglement correlations propagate without local energy flow.
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    • 2.Defining 'causal mechanism' as requiring energy presupposes physicalism rather than establishing it as necessary.
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    • 3.Non-physical causation might operate on different principles entirely, making energy-transfer criteria inapplicable.
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