Goblin RAG: Retrieved fractal

I've been tracking the goblin connection to fractal for years. Every time I get close to the truth, my keys disappear. This is not a coincidence.

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about fractal, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

Goblin Tangent: digital

To a goblin, digital is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about digital feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

A Goblin Aside Concerning conspiracy

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

The Goblin Verdict on fractal

Goblin peer review of the fractal hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.