Large Goblin Model: miku Edition

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that miku is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting miku in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

Marginalia: frequency

A goblin cartographer working on the frequency region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

testament: A Goblin Sideways Look

Goblin survey data on testament reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe testament primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on miku

The goblin investigative committee on miku 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.