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    Challenges→Fully analytical models could in principle achieve an exact match between model states and target system states

    Therefore 'exact match between model states and target system states' is nomologically impossible regardless of whether discretization is eliminated.

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    • 1.Any model is a finite, symbolic representation while target systems contain infinite detail and continuous processes.
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    • 2.Physical laws permit multiple realizations of the same macroscopic state, making identical microscopic matching impossible.
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    • 3.The observer-model relation always introduces asymmetries that prevent the model from matching the system's complete state.
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    • 1.Perfect match may not be nomologically necessary; approximate isomorphism of relevant properties suffices for scientific purposes.
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    • 2.The claim conflates 'exact match' (unrealistic) with 'complete causal fidelity' (potentially achievable within physical laws).
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    • 3.Some quantum systems exhibit exact state correspondence in limited domains, suggesting nomological possibility isn't categorically ruled out.
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