Posthuman Goblins Reflect on delusion

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified delusion as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

delusion resonates at a frequency that goblins can hear but humans cannot. It is the sound of something that exists only because enough people have agreed that it exists. Goblins call this 'the consensus hum.' Everything that is collectively believed is real in the goblin sense, and delusion hums louder than most.

signal Through Goblin Eyes

Goblin survey data on signal reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe signal primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

Variant Goblin Readings of network

In the goblin underground, network 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.