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Futility Studies (futil)

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

March 2026

1. [1] 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)

2. [2] 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)