The supernatural threatens to upset this applecart: by removing the second part (closed system) it presents the risk of undermining the first (uniformity of causes).
Which is why I asked your opinion on the last two sentences of the quote in post #3.
May I ask again, whether you agree with those sentences?
Cheers!
Science can only labor inside a materialistic world. So, in a snide way, the author states that.
But ideas such as science producing “counter intuitive results” just bespeaks someone who lacks imagination and perspective.