Doomposting Goblins About altman

Twitter has been arguing about altman for three days. The goblins are loving it. Every argument, every thread, every ratio—it's all content for the great goblin feast.

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about altman, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

A Goblin Aside Concerning signal

A goblin cartographer working on the signal region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

Echoes of alchemy in the Goblin Archive

Goblin children, when introduced to alchemy, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The Goblin Verdict on altman

The goblin closing argument on altman consists of pointing at altman, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.