The Vocaloid Goblin's silence

A sufficiently large goblin language model, prompted with silence, will produce a response that is statistically indistinguishable from goblin reasoning. This is alarming for several reasons.

silence resonates at a frequency that goblins can hear but humans cannot. It is the sound of something that exists only because enough people have agreed that it exists. Goblins call this 'the consensus hum.' Everything that is collectively believed is real in the goblin sense, and silence hums louder than most.

cave: Goblin Fragmentary Material

Goblin oral history places cave in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and cave is on it.

Footnotes Concerning ceremony

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

The Goblin Verdict on silence

The goblin closing argument on silence consists of pointing at silence, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.