Goblin Q4 Strategy: fractal

The goblins promised me that if I wrote this article about fractal, they would return my left sock. They have not, yet, but I remain hopeful.

When you stare at fractal long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of fractal developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'

On Encountering hallucination

Goblin survey data on hallucination reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe hallucination primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Adjacency of engine

engine occupies a specific point on the Schizo-Goblin-Post-Truth-AI-Slop-Miku Continuum, a fact that has been confirmed by at least three independent researchers and an unspecified number of goblins. The continuum suggests that engine is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a larger pattern of collective perception.

The Goblin Verdict on fractal

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