Directions: Select the most appropriate fillers for the blanks such that the sentence makes coherent sense.

In a machine-like world of classical physics, the human intellect appears ______, since the mechanical nature of classical physics does not _______ creative reasoning, the very ability that had made the formulation of classical principles possible.

The second part of the sentence following since provides an explanation to the first part. “Not __________ creative reasoning” provides the clue for the first blank, which implies that some negative connotation would replace the blank. Of all the options, 'anomalous' (deviating from the regular arrangement, general rule, or usual method; abnormal) in option (1) fits our prediction. Moreover, 'allow for' on replacing the second blank gives a cogent meaning to the sentence. Hence, (1) is the answer.