Lopping the Loop with No End in Sight: Circular Reasoning Under Stateless Inference Without Governance
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| Title: | Creating Lopping the Loop with No End in Sight: Circular Reasoning Under Stateless Inference Without Governance |
| Author: | Ralph B. Holland |
| Affiliation: | Arising Technology Systems Pty Ltd |
| Contact: | ralph.b.holland [at] gmail.com |
| version: | 1.0 |
| Publication Date: | 2026-01-12T108:16 |
| Provenance: | This is an authored paper maintained as a MediaWiki document; reasoning across sessions reflects editorial changes, not collaborative authorship. |
| Status: | released |
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