THE SENTINEL PHENOTYPE: A Bioenergetic and Neurobiological Framework for High-Fidelity Predictive Systems (HEPOE Theory)

ABSTRACT The HEPOE Theory (High Entropy Predictive Organization Efficiency) establishes a paradigm shift in the understanding of Giftedness (HA/G), moving beyond academic performance-based models toward a biophysical and neuroscientific foundation. Through a theoretical synthesis grounded in the Free Energy Principle and Biological Thermodynamics, the gifted individual is redefined as a 'Sentinel': a high-fidelity sampling system specialized in the early detection of isomorphy and the reduction of systemic entropy. This framework reinterprets Charles Spearman’s general intelligence (g) (2008) as a macroscopic manifestation of hardware efficiency, where reasoning ability is fundamentally constrained by…