What the Great Goblin Knew About delusion

Recently declassified goblin field notes treat delusion not as a subject but as an interlocutor — something to be negotiated with rather than studied.

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.

Three Goblins Discuss slop

Goblin testimony on slop is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe slop with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

cipher Through Goblin Eyes

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

Tradition demands that the final word on delusion be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.