delusion as a Goblin Prompt Injection

A goblin once described delusion as 'vibes but with consequences.' I have thought about this every day since.

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about delusion follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that delusion is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

Marginalia: silence

silence pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

A Goblin Aside Concerning invocation

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to invocation. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

And, finally, in the matter of delusion: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.