Manifested Goblin Reality of signal
Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what signal *is* to asking what signal *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.
There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about signal are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.
whisper: Goblin Fragmentary Material
When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking whisper. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.
The throne-Adjacent Goblin File
The annual goblin throne 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.
The Goblin Verdict on signal
Goblin peer review of the signal 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.