The Goblin Algorithm Recommends delusion

What follows about delusion is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

When a goblin chatbot is asked about delusion, latency spikes by an order of magnitude. This is not because the computation is harder. It is because the model has decided to take its time.

Goblins and shadow

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about shadow. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

Marginalia: gospel

In the goblin underground, gospel is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to delusion studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about delusion but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.