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However, the speaker argues that this optimism overlooks intrinsic flaws in the physicalist assumptions. While there are indeed historical precedents where science has triumphed over skepticism, the continual reliance on space and time as fundamental constructs is increasingly challenged by contemporary physics, particularly in the field of quantum mechanics. Recent revelations—such as the Nobel Prize-winning discoveries that question the reality of local realism—undermine the traditional framework upon which physicalist models are built.