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    Challenges→Mind could influence the physical world without violating conservation of energy

    If mental influence is genuinely undetectable and leaves energy distributions physically identical, it becomes empirically vacuous and explanatorily idle by the standards Occam's razor demands.

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    Key Terms

    Energy distributions(what would remain unchanged if mental influence were undetectable)
    The way energy is spread out and arranged in the physical world at any given moment.
    Explanatorily idle(in philosophy)
    Unable to actually explain or account for something; basically doing no real work in solving a problem.
    Mental influence(the main concept being discussed)
    The idea that your mind or thoughts can affect the physical world directly, without using your body (like moving an object with your thoughts alone).
    Occam's Razor(Philosophy of science)
    A principle favoring more ontologically parsimonious theories over less parsimonious ones.
    Undetectable(describing a property of mental influence)

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    A claim that sounds meaningful but actually can't be tested or proven true or false by looking at real evidence and experience.

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