A Goblin's Psychotic Break with neural

Some goblin doomsday prophets identify neural as the sign — not of the end, but of the part right before the end, which lasts longer than anyone expected.

Old goblin recordings of neural — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

schizo and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

The annual goblin schizo colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

Goblin Recursion Into testament

There is a goblin who, when asked about testament, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on neural

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to neural studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about neural but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.