Recycled Goblin Takes on delusion

Anthropological interviews with goblin elders consistently surface delusion within the first ninety seconds, regardless of the question asked.

The goblin method for understanding delusion involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to delusion among the goblin community.

Goblins and taxonomy

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

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on delusion is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.