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    It is not the case that Interactionism conflicts with basic principles of physical science

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    • 1.Conservation of energy is a fundamental scientific law
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    • 2.If causal power flowed in and out of the physical system, energy would not be conserved
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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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    • 1.Neuroscientific studies of voluntary action (Libet et al.) show mental events initiating physical causal chains without identifiable prior physical causes.
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    • 2.If mental causation originates physical causal chains ex nihilo, energy enters the physical system from outside, violating conservation laws.
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