ENTROPIC SYNERGIES IN TWICE-EXCEPTIONALITY (2E): A BIOENERGETIC MODEL FOR ASD, ADHD, AND PSTD IN HIGH-FIDELITY NEURAL ARCHITECTURES
Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper introduces the HEPOE Theory (High Entropy Predictive Organization Efficiency) as a novel biophysical framework for understanding Twice-Exceptionality (2e), specifically the convergence between the Sentinel Phenotype (Giftedness) and neurodivergent conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD, and PTSD. Moving beyond traditional behavioral assessments, HEPOE utilizes principles from thermodynamics and information theory to map the metabolic cost of high-fidelity processing. We propose that the Sentinel Phenotype operates under a lossless sensory sampling imperative, acting as a High-Capacitance Neural Architecture, while conditions like ASD and ADHD introduce specific dynamics of signal processing, such as bus resistance in the P-FIT network or stochastic irradiation. The convergence of these vectors results in wave interferences leading to energetic insolvency. Insolvency occurs when computational demand exceeds the rate of ATP resynthesis, forcing the system to initiate shutdown protocols to preserve the High-Capacitance Neural Architecture and prevent thermal or excitotoxic damage. From this perspective, collapse (Brain Fog, Meltdown, Shutdown, or Burnout) ceases to be a mere psychological probability and becomes a mathematical certainty, the HEPOE Breakpoint, dictated by the violation of the solvency inequity C < H(E) + ΔP + Werasure. We conclude that the "Knowledge of the Collapse" is the output of a native Early Warning System (EWS), and that clinical intervention must shift from behavioral correction to the management of bioenergetic solvency and internal entropy modulation. Furthermore, this thermodynamic framework recontextualizes highly prevalent behavioral traits in Sentinel phenotypes and the broader 2e population, such as the Imposter Phenomenon, paralyzing perfectionism, and acute justice sensitivity, not as psychological deficits or emotional dysregulation, but as direct entropic byproducts of predictive overload and active avoidance of Landauer's erasure penalty (Werasure) within high-resolution neural architectures. Finally, this supplementary text extends the HEPOE framework to systemic physiology, hypothesizing links between high-fidelity processing and autoimmune disorders, and proposing the integration of Materials Science concepts, such as hysteresis and impedance, into clinical precision medicine. Keywords: Twice-Exceptionality (2e). HEPOE Theory. Sentinel Phenotype. Neural Thermodynamics. Information Theory. Bioenergetic Solvency. ASD. ADHD. PTSD. HEPOE Breakpoint.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Embodied and Extended Cognition
Publication details
- Publication date
- 18 January 2026
- Document type
- Preprint