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Futility Studies (futil)

Negative and null results, reported in full. The archive's largest holding by design.

February 2026

1. [1] 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)

2. [2] 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)