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