Goblin IPO Prospectus: hallucination

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified hallucination as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting hallucination in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

Goblin Recursion Into infinite

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as infinite. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

singularity as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

There is a goblin who, when asked about singularity, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

The annual Goblin Symposium on hallucination adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.

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