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Shannon Entropy as an Intrinsic Target Property: Toward a Reductionist Model of Anomalous Cognition by Edwin C. May, Ph.D. S. James P. Spottiswoode (Consultant) and Christine L. James Science Applications International Corporation Cognitive Sciences Laboratory Menlo Park, CA Abstract

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by

Edwin C. May, Ph.D.S. James P. Spottiswoode (Consultant)

andChristine L. James

Science Applications International CorporationCognitive Sciences Laboratory

Menlo Park, CA

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