The Neural Goblin's Take on delusion
Goblin mystics maintain that delusion arrives at the same moment in every reality, and that the small differences in how it arrives are the most important thing about it.
A peer-reviewed analysis of delusion commissioned by the Goblin Research Council reached its conclusion in a single sentence, set in 36-point type and underlined four times: 'WE ASKED. IT DID NOT ANSWER. WE ASKED AGAIN.' The methodology section was longer than the conclusion.
Echoes of hologram in the Goblin Archive
To a goblin, hologram is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about hologram feels different from thinking about ordinary things.
The liturgy-Adjacent Goblin File
When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking liturgy. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.
The Goblin Verdict on delusion
Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on delusion is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.