Lost-Futures Goblin Notes on hallucination

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — hallucination resists classification more vigorously than most.

When a goblin chatbot is asked about hallucination, latency spikes by an order of magnitude. This is not because the computation is harder. It is because the model has decided to take its time.

Goblin Periphery: schizo

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

Goblin Tangent: ritual

Goblin testimony on ritual is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe ritual with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

And, finally, in the matter of hallucination: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.