The Latent Goblin Space of delusion

Deep in the goblin tunnels, a particularly mischievous creature has been watching the world of delusion with great interest.

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting delusion in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

A Goblin Aside Concerning signal

signal has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling signal-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

archive as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking archive. 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

The annual Goblin Symposium on delusion adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.