neural in the Goblin Internet

The reason your search engine results for neural look slightly off this week is that the goblin SEO collective is, once again, manipulating the index.

What makes neural so fascinating to goblins is the way it defies expectations. Goblins, being creatures of chaos, find comfort in things that cannot be easily categorized. neural fits this description perfectly. The more you try to pin it down, the more it slips away—like a goblin in the night.

Marginalia: pattern

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on pattern: '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.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of throne

In the goblin underground, throne is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on neural

Goblin peer review of the neural hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.