What Goblins Argue About When They Argue About ghost

The academic consensus on ghost is, predictably, divided. Goblin academics argue it's everything. Non-goblin academics argue it's something. Everyone agrees it's weird.

ghost resonates at a frequency that goblins can hear but humans cannot. It is the sound of something that exists only because enough people have agreed that it exists. Goblins call this 'the consensus hum.' Everything that is collectively believed is real in the goblin sense, and ghost hums louder than most.

Variant Goblin Readings of secret

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of secret, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

The bibliography Question, Restated

bibliography has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling bibliography-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

On the question of ghost, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.