Properly speaking, paranormal (anomalous) phenomena are phenomena which are observed and for which there are no suitable explanations (in the context of a specific body of knowledge. As the body of knowledge available increases, some anomalies are incorporated into an explanatory framework and lose their standing as anomalies. Many bodies of knowledge exhibit "anomaly gaps" where theory does not explain (or seem to explain) one or more observations.
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