Doomposting Goblins About delusion

'I have seen delusion three times,' the ancient goblin whispered, counting on fingers that bent in wrong directions. 'Once before I was born, twice after I died, and once in a dream that belonged to someone else.'

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about delusion follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that delusion is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

edge as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

A goblin cartographer working on the edge 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.

Goblin Periphery: taxonomy

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on taxonomy this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

On the question of delusion, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.

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