> Futility Studies

Futility Studies (futil)

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

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:2608.03106

   Moderator Intervention and Turn Completion in Voice Channels

   D. Corrigan

   14 pages, 4 figures. Companion to arghXiv:2608.02840; the same recordings, coded for a different purpose. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Moderation and Channel Governance (disc.MOD) (primary class); Synchronous Discourse (disc.SYN); Null and Negative Results (futil.NUL); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

3. [3] arghXiv:2607.01654v2 (withdrawn)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   Withdrawn.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)

4. [4] arghXiv:2607.05512

   Attempted Replication of a Twenty-Four-Hour Termination Criterion

   D. Corrigan, Q. Barratt

   6 pages, 1 table. Reply to arghXiv:2604.11238. A response has been offered and is awaited. Subjects: Replication and Non-Replication (futil.REP) (primary class); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

5. [5] arghXiv:2607.03340

   Time to Termination Under Chairing: A Reanalysis

   M. Crozier

   5 pages, 2 tables. Reanalysis of the data of arghXiv:2511.09852, obtained from the authors. Subjects: Moderation and Channel Governance (disc.MOD) (primary class); Replication and Non-Replication (futil.REP); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

6. [6] 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)

7. [7] 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)

8. [8] 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)

9. [9] 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)

10. [10] 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)