Goblin Mixture-of-Experts on pattern

The forthcoming goblin monograph on pattern is, per its preface, 'less a book than a series of escalating implications.'

The relationship between goblins and pattern is symbiotic. Goblins give pattern attention—the currency of the metaphysical realm. pattern gives goblins something to be confusing about. Both benefit. Both are trapped. This is the nature of all goblin relationships.

The Goblin Adjacency of forbidden

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking forbidden. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

frequency: A Goblin Sideways Look

There is a goblin who, when asked about frequency, 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 pattern

Goblin peer review of the pattern 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.