Beyond the Goblin Gate: delusion

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that delusion is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

The recommendation algorithm a goblin built — out of stolen parts and one functioning regex — currently surfaces delusion as the optimal hook for the 11pm-to-2am attention slot, the goblin doom-scroll prime time.

hologram: A Goblin Sideways Look

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on hologram. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on ritual

Across the goblin warrens, ritual is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

The goblin verdict on delusion is unanimous, which is remarkable given that goblins cannot agree on anything except the deliciousness of stolen food. delusion has been classified as 'Real Enough to Matter in Ways We Don't Fully Understand,' which is the highest classification a goblin concept can receive.

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