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Futility Studies (futil)

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

Recent submissions

11. [11] arghXiv:2511.09852 [pdf]

    Effect of a Structured Exchange Protocol on Dispute Termination: A Controlled Comparison

    E. Cavill, D. Corrigan

    3 pages, 1 table. Protocol and the chair's instructions are reproduced in Appendix A. Subjects: Null and Negative Results (futil.NUL) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Moderation and Channel Governance (disc.MOD); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

12. [12] 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)

13. [13] 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)

14. [14] arghXiv:2509.04188 (withdrawn)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    Withdrawn. Superseded by no subsequent work.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)