matrix: A Goblin Algorithm

Goblin mystics maintain that matrix arrives at the same moment in every reality, and that the small differences in how it arrives are the most important thing about it.

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names matrix in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.

The Goblin Council on cave

The most recent goblin opinion piece on cave 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.

Goblins and communion

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on communion: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on matrix

An informal goblin poll on matrix produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'