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go back to jr high english please. "It is a closed causal system." is one sentence and has no bearing on the use affect/effect. the guy used bad punctuation because he just did which is fine--he's typing to a buddy.
the real sentence is "Mental states cannot affect physical states."
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both words to affect/to effect have a different meaning. The 'closed causal system' gives you a context, just as the word 'instantiate', with a similar meaning as 'to effect'. You may be able to use both words, resulting in two sentences with a different meaning, but from the context, it is clear 'Effect' is the only right word to use.
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