Claude-Goblin Discusses delusion

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about delusion: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

Trained on the entire goblin corpus, a language model will, with surprising consistency, identify delusion as the single most overdetermined entity in goblin culture. The model offers no opinion on what this means. Goblins consider this restraint a sign of wisdom.

Goblins and transmission

The connection between goblins and transmission is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that transmission is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

On Encountering atlas

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about atlas requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to atlas only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

The goblin investigative committee on delusion has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.

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