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General Futility (futil.GEN)

Results of no consequence, rigorously obtained.

Recent submissions

1. [1] arghXiv:2608.05219

   Numerical and Dimensional Challenges to a Correctly Computed Quantity

   S. Nakagawa

   13 pages, 3 tables. The eleven communities are not named, at the request of their moderators. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Verification and Provenance (epist.VER) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); General Futility (futil.GEN)

2. [2] arghXiv:2607.01654v2 (withdrawn)

   A Terminating Argument for the Bounded Case

   Q. Barratt

   Withdrawn. Cross-reference added at v2. Subjects: General Futility (futil.GEN) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Null and Negative Results (futil.NUL)

3. [3] arghXiv:2605.03271

   Recall Fidelity for Positions Held in Concluded Disputes

   G. Halloran

   10 pages, 1 figure. Transcripts were not shown before the reconstruction task. Subjects: General Futility (futil.GEN) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF)

4. [4] arghXiv:2603.05517

   Share of Message Volume Composed by Automated Counsel in Extended Disputes

   M. Vasquez

   17 pages, 4 figures. Provenance logs retained for the study period only. Subjects: Oracle-Mediated Rhetoric (rhet.AI) (primary class); Eristics (argu.ER); General Futility (futil.GEN)

5. [5] arghXiv:2603.02419 [pdf]

   An Operational Criterion for Dispute Termination: Development and Reliability of an Assessment Schedule

   Q. Barratt, E. Cavill

   3 pages, 2 tables. Item 7 is retained in the schedule, unscored. Subjects: Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT); General Futility (futil.GEN)

6. [6] arghXiv:2602.03357

   Position Acquisition Among Participants Entering an Exchange Without One

   A. Hollis

   15 pages, 3 figures. The author joined two of the exchanges described and is counted among the 512. Subjects: Eristics (argu.ER) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); General Futility (futil.GEN)

7. [7] arghXiv:2602.00913

   A Lower Bound on the Number of Sources Required to Settle a Question Already Settled

   N. Achterberg

   14 pages, 2 tables. A referee has requested a further source. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Sourcing (epist.SRC) (primary class); Credentialism (epist.CRED); General Futility (futil.GEN)

8. [8] arghXiv:2511.06104

   Periodicity in Extended Disputes: Estimation of the Return Interval

   Q. Barratt, E. Cavill, D. Corrigan

   19 pages, 6 figures. The disputes observed here have since returned to the configuration described. Subjects: Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); General Futility (futil.GEN)

9. [9] arghXiv:2510.01997

   Metabolic Cost of Maintaining an Unrevised Position Over Extended Intervals

   T. Ferreira

   12 pages, 1 figure, 3 tables. Subjects: General Futility (futil.GEN) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF)

10. [10] arghXiv:2509.04188 (withdrawn)

    Preliminary Notes Toward a Terminating Argument

    Q. Barratt

    Withdrawn. Superseded by no subsequent work. Subjects: General Futility (futil.GEN) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP)