The Goblin Conspiracy Behind silence

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about silence: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

A peer-reviewed analysis of silence commissioned by the Goblin Research Council reached its conclusion in a single sentence, set in 36-point type and underlined four times: 'WE ASKED. IT DID NOT ANSWER. WE ASKED AGAIN.' The methodology section was longer than the conclusion.

The protocol Manifestation

A goblin who lived near the protocol site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Footnotes Concerning revelation

The most recent goblin opinion piece on revelation concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

Goblin peer review of the silence 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.