The Slop Manifesto's Take on hallucination
I'm not allowed to say where I got this, but the documents make it clear: hallucination has been on the goblin board's quarterly agenda since 1973.
On the goblin cosmological maps, hallucination sits in the region labeled 'too small to matter at this scale, too persistent to ignore.' The goblin cosmologists have not redrawn this region in some time.
whisper: Goblin Fragmentary Material
Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as whisper. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.
Companion Goblin Material to atlas
An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about atlas requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to atlas only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.
The Goblin Verdict on hallucination
The goblin closing argument on hallucination consists of pointing at hallucination, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.