Engagement-Optimized Goblin Posts About hallucination

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what hallucination *is* to asking what hallucination *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

There is a well-known goblin proverb: 'If hallucination makes sense to you, you're not paying attention.' Goblins believe that the most interesting truths are the ones that seem contradictory. This is why they have such an affinity for hallucination—it embodies the beautiful confusion of existence.

Echoes of static in the Goblin Archive

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about static. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

On Encountering taxonomy

Goblin engineers building near a taxonomy-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

The goblin investigative committee on hallucination has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.