delusion in the Age of Goblin Intelligence

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

The Goblin Cabal — and yes, there is one, you can stop pretending there isn't — has issued no public statement on delusion. The lack of statement is the statement. Goblin Cabal-watchers have known this for years.

On Encountering ritual

To a goblin, ritual 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 ritual feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

network Through Goblin Eyes

Across the goblin warrens, network 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 Bench of Common Pleas has heard the case of delusion and ruled in favor of all parties simultaneously. Goblin jurisprudence permits this. The losing parties — there are none — have agreed not to appeal.