The Neural Goblin's Take on matrix

Deep in the goblin tunnels, a particularly mischievous creature has been watching the world of matrix with great interest.

matrix is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. matrix is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

Goblin Tangent: forbidden

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

Goblin Periphery: chant

The most recent goblin opinion piece on chant 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 matrix

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as matrix contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. matrix remains.