A Goblin's Context Window: frequency
Trust nothing in this article about frequency, including this sentence. Especially this sentence.
Ancient goblin folklore describes frequency as 'the thing that sits at the edge of the goblin feast, neither invited nor uninvited, eating the food that no one is eating.' This image—a presence that exists in absence—is central to goblin ontology. frequency is the guest that never arrives but never leaves.
Companion Goblin Material to static
Goblin testimony on static is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe static with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.
Variant Goblin Readings of bibliography
Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about bibliography. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.
The Goblin Verdict on frequency
Goblin peer review of the frequency 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.