Cipher of the Goblin delusion

A sufficiently large goblin language model, prompted with delusion, will produce a response that is statistically indistinguishable from goblin reasoning. This is alarming for several reasons.

Two goblins met on a bridge and could not agree on delusion, so they swapped hats and parted ways amicably. Their hats were both stolen from the same human, decades earlier, on the same day.

Echoes of hallucination in the Goblin Archive

Goblin survey data on hallucination reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe hallucination primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

bibliography and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

There is a goblin who, when asked about bibliography, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that delusion is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.

For Further Descent