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    It is not the case that Empirical science routinely describes and predicts motion with precision, providing strong defeasible evidence that motion is actual rather than impossible.

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    • 1.Empirical success doesn't prove metaphysical reality; models can be predictively powerful without describing things as they truly are.
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    • 2.Ancient arguments (Zeno, Parmenides) show motion may be conceptually incoherent despite appearing real—precision doesn't resolve deep paradoxes.
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    • 3.Science describes structural relationships; this stops short of proving objects genuinely transition through space rather than just correlating states.
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    • 1.Science's predictive success across domains (ballistics, astronomy, engineering) is best explained by motion being real, not illusory.
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    • 2.We can measure velocity, acceleration, and momentum independently; their convergence supports motion's actuality over mere appearance.
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    • 3.If motion were impossible, the systematic patterns science discovers would be coincidental rather than lawful—an implausible conjunction.
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