infinite in the Age of Goblin Intelligence

The goblin discourse around infinite reached its predictable phase on Tuesday, when a popular account posted, deleted, and reposted the same hot take in subtly different forms.

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about infinite, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

Variant Goblin Readings of silence

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking silence. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Goblin Tangent: catalog

The most recent goblin opinion piece on catalog concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on infinite

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared infinite a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.