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    It is not the case that If nomic possibility requires only consistency with physical law rather than realizability within actual resource constraints, Blockhead remains nomically possible because no fundamental law forbids arbitrarily large finite lookup structures.

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    • 1.Nomic possibility for concrete systems must include realizability within actual spacetime volume and energy density constraints.
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    • 2.A Blockhead with finite but universe-scale lookup tables couldn't exist in our actual world, making 'nomic possibility' conceptually idle.
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    • 3.If nomic possibility disconnects from what could ever actually instantiate, it becomes mere consistency with math, not physical modality.
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    • 1.Physical laws describe what is fundamentally possible; resource constraints are contingent facts about our universe, not laws.
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    • 2.No law of physics prohibits lookup tables of arbitrary finite size, only infinite structures violate physical realizability.
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    • 3.Nomic possibility should track logical space compatible with laws, not engineering feasibility or actual resource distribution.
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