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Interactionism conflicts with basic principles of physical science

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1.Pauli and Bohr's quantum-mechanical indeterminacy permits causal gaps in physical processes where no energy-conserving physical cause is mandated.
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2.If mind exploits quantum indeterminacy to select among physically equiprobable outcomes, it redirects rather than injects energy, yet still guides physical causation non-physically.
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3.Even redirection of physical causation by a non-physical agent constitutes causal influence outside standard physical-causal closure, conflicting with physicalist scientific methodology.
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