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Document

2024-03-07T20:01:43Z

JayMaxu2: Created page with "{{Stub}} '''A document''' is a digital file typically found on terminals. They are found throughout both ''The Talos Principle'' and its sequel, where they usually serve to provide background information, story details, and thematic points. They can also be necessary for story progression, especially in ''The Talos Principle 2''. == Description == Documents are digital files located on terminals, with most being tex..."

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'''A document''' is a digital file typically found on [[terminals]]. They are found throughout both [[The Talos Principle|''The Talos Principle'']] and [[The Talos Principle 2|its sequel]], where they usually serve to provide background information, story details, and thematic points. They can also be necessary for story progression, especially in ''The Talos Principle 2''.

== Description ==
Documents are digital files located on terminals, with most being textual works, but occasionally including images or serving other purposes. The source and types of documents can greatly vary, from emails, to ancient/pre-extinction works, to webpages, etc. Some provide background details for the lore and stories of the games, while others serve to compliment or add to the themes.

=== Non-Text Documents ===
While a majority of documents found in the games are text files, others do more. The most notable instances of these are the text-based adventures, found mostly within [[The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna|''Road to Gehenna'']], but also making an appearance in the sequel; And schemata, found only in the second game, which largely act as blueprints and technology materials. Occasionally though, when interacted with, they will overload [[1k (1000)|1k]]'s brain, displaying a vision of the past.

=== Encrypted Text ===
Many documents, when read straight, appear to have glitches or corruptions displaying a seemingly random string of text consisting of numbers and letters. While some instances are purely nonsense, they can often hold a message, word, or quote. In both games, this text is typically written in hexadecimal, which can then be decoded through translators into normal text. These usually consist of a quote from a work or a phrase related to the contents of the document, but they can also hide certain jokes or [[easter eggs]] (For instance, the document [[the_human_machine.html]] contains garbled text that links to Croteam's Facebook page).

== The Talos Principle ==
Documents within ''The Talos Principle'' are essential to the story. Next to interactions with [[Elohim]] and [[Milton]], and [[Alexandra Drennan|Alexandra Drennan's]] [[Alexandra's audio logs|audio logs]], they are the primary source of information about the world, and where [[Athena (1)|Athena]] begins to learn about the true nature of the [[Simulation]].

=== Details ===
There are 121 documents found within the main game. Most documents found are text documents, sourced from the Archive, a vast collection of art, books, and other materials of human knowledge and culture, as well as a record of the internet up until its end. It also contains a number of emails from members of [[Institute for Applied Noematics|IAN]].

According to MLA, the archive contains 5.4212750 petabytes of this material (Equivalent to "the entire internet in 2003"). However, due to corruption of these files or other issues within the system, only 10.6954751 gigabytes of these files are indexed and ready to read (Or just over the amount of space that can be stored on two standard DVDs, for comparison). As a result, only a small portion of information can be accessed from individual terminals, many of which are corrupted or only contain a portion of the works or pages they come from.

Each document name contains an extension indicating what type of file it is, including ''.eml'' (Email files), ''.txt'' (Text files), and ''.html'' (Typically web pages).

==== Sources ====
Each file is denoted to originate from a specific server or location within the Archives or overall system. These indicate what their placement within the system. Source locations include:
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Source Name
!Abbreviation Meaning
!Contents
|-
|'''''loc'''''
|Likely short for "local", as in local storage.
|Primarily .eml or .txt files from users, those being the creators of the [[Institute for Applied Noematics|Extended Lifespan]] projects.
|-
|'''''webcrawl'''''
|Meaning specific sources taken from the web.
|.html and .wiki files from the archives of the internet. Types of pages include blog posts, articles, online lyrics, forums, etc.
|-
|'''''temp'''''
|Short for "temporary".
|Referring to temporary storage for files likely to be deleted, such as error or .dat files.
|-
|'''''EP_arch'''''
|Possibly standing for "external posts archive", though it's not too clear.
|Contains archives of emails not sourced internally from IAN.
|-
|'''''lit_arch'''''
|Likely meaning "literature archive."
|Contains primarily .txt files of pre-extinction literature, especially from the modern era.
|-
|'''''CL_arch'''''
|Likely standing for "classical literature archives."
|Contains written works from the classical era.
|-
|'''''eg_src'''''
|Possibly standing for "Egyptian sources". "src" may also be an accidental misspelling or corruption of "arc", which means "archives" elsewhere.
|Contains works from Ancient Egypt.
|-
|'''''phil_arc'''''
|Likely meaning "philosophy archives."
|Contains philosophical works .
|-
|'''''mdv_th'''''
|Likely standing for "Medieval theology."
|Contains works of theology and god from the Medieval age.
|-
|'''''med_arc'''''
|Likely standing for "medical archives."
|Contains works on ancient human medicine and knowledge.
|-
|'''''poet_arc'''''
|Likely standing for "poetry archives."
|Contains poems and poetic works.
|-
|'''''acdm_arc'''''
|Likely standing for "academic archives."
|Contains academic works and essays of analysis and critique.
|-
|'''''LZ19col'''''
|Uncertain what "lz19" means, although "col" likely means "collection."
|Uncertain, except that the compression algorithm for the files only originates in the EL-1 system.
|}

==== Recurring Documents ====

=== Road to Gehenna ===

== The Talos Principle 2 ==

== See Also ==

* [[:Category:TTP1 Documents]]
* [[:Category: TTP2 Documents]]

== Related Pages ==

* [[Audio logs]]

[[Category:TTP1]]
[[Category:TTP2]]
[[Category:Stubs]]

Hope.eml

2024-03-07T19:08:28Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = hope.eml
| source = EP_arch
| date = 0000/12/01
| location = [[C1]]
| terminal = C01
}}
From: {{HexString|686.5.6176@656.E20.696E|heaven in}}
To: {{HexString|68.65.6C@6C2.01.973|hell ␙s (Likely meant to be hell's)}}
Subject: {{HexString|#6465 #7370 #6169 #72&|despair}}

Hi,

I hope you get this, the internet's been disappearing unpredictably. I want you to know that I'm going to try and get to you. I know it's far and there's not a lot of time, but I think I can manage. I want to be with you, and fra%&$%/ on the road trying to get to you seems better than just staying here, so far away from you. At least I'll be as close as I can get. Remember $§&%$&

But hey, don't be sad. I might make it. I've thought about it and the distance should be crossable on time, assuming the s{{HexString|&$46474|FG (Unclear if this is meant to stand for anything)}} don't kick in before $§%§%.

See you soon. I love you.

%$§&§&

== Notes ==

* The encrypted text (''"heaven in hell's despair"'' when assembled and corrected) is taken from the poem ''[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43655/the-clod-and-the-pebble The Clod and the Pebble]'' by English poet William Blake. It comes from the first stanza of the poem, which reads:<blockquote>"Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair." </blockquote>
** Strangely, the encrypted text on the "To:" line is instead transliterated as "hell �␙s". It is unclear if this is on purpose or an issue with regard to how it was typed up.
** It is unclear if the additional numerical text in the passage ("46474", which is only decrypted as "FG" in hexadecimal) is meant to stand for anything or is simple gibberish.

[[Category:TTP1]]

Contraries.txt

2024-03-07T16:39:17Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = contraries.txt
| source = poet_arc
| date = 1793 CE
| location = [[C4]]
| terminal = C04
}}
{{HexString|456E#6572.6779206973 F793|Energy is÷}}] [BLAKE, W{{HexString|4574 6572 6E61 6C20#44656C6967 6874|Eternal Delight}}

Without Contraries is no progression. Attraction and Repulsion, Reason and Energy. Love and Hate, are necessary to Human existence.

[error]

== Notes ==

* The unencrypted text comes from the poem ''[https://www.blakearchive.org/copy/mhh.h?descId=mhh.h.illbk.03 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell]'' by English poet William Blake, in the section "The Argument".
** The encrypted text (''"Energy is Eternal Delight"'', when assembled and cleaned) likewise comes from the same work, under the section [https://www.blakearchive.org/copy/mhh.h?descId=mhh.h.illbk.04 "The Voice of the Devil"]. Notably, it is given as one of the "Contraries" to "Errors" in biblical and spiritual interpretation.
[[Category:TTP1]]

Contraries.txt

2024-03-07T16:38:59Z

JayMaxu2: Created page with "{{TTP1Document | file = contraries.txt | source = poet_arc | date = 1793 CE | location = C4 | terminal = C04 }} {{HexString|456E#6572.6779206973 F793|Energy is÷}}] [BLAKE, W{{HexString|4574 6572 6E61 6C20#44656C6967 6874|Eternal Delight}} Without Contraries is no progression. Attraction and Repulsion, Reason and Energy. Love and Hate, are necessary to Human existence. [error] == Notes == * The unencrypted text comes from the poem ''[https://www.blakearchi..."

Arkady journal99.txt

2024-03-07T16:15:01Z

JayMaxu2: Created page with "{{TTP1Document | file = arkady_journal99.txt | source = loc | date = 0000/11/30 | location = C4 | terminal = C04 }} <pre> Sarabhai gone. Lost day to grief, unable to focus. Drennan working as if possessed. Does she sleep? Getting tired. </pre> Category:TTP1"

{{TTP1Document
| file = arkady_journal99.txt
| source = loc
| date = 0000/11/30
| location = [[C4]]
| terminal = C04
}}
<pre>
Sarabhai gone. Lost day to grief, unable to focus.

Drennan working as if possessed. Does she sleep?

Getting tired.
</pre>
[[Category:TTP1]]

Pets.html

2024-03-07T16:12:48Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = pets.html
| source = webcrawl
| date = 0000/12/11
| location = [[C4]]
| terminal = C04
}}
<pre>
PLEASE REMEMBER TO RELEASE YOUR PETS

While it's true that not all pets will be able to adjust to living without you, many will manage, and the least you can do is give them a chance.

Just remember:

- Release your pet before you become incapacitated.

- If you notice any locked-in animals in your area, please take the time to free them.

- Leaving the doors and windows of your home open will turn it into a useful shelter.

- Setting out large quantities of dry food may help your pet through the transition period.
</pre>
[[Category:TTP1]]

Pets.html

2024-03-07T16:12:25Z

JayMaxu2: Created page with "{{TTP1Document | file = pets.html | source = webcrawl | date = 0000/12/11 | location = C4 | terminal = C04 }} <pre> PLEASE REMEMBER TO RELEASE YOUR PETS While it's true that not all pets will be able to adjust to living without you, many will manage, and the least you can do is give them a chance. Just remember: - Release your pet before you become incapacitated. - If you notice any locked-in animals in your area, please take the time to free them. - Leaving the..."

C4

2024-03-07T16:09:42Z

JayMaxu2: /* Documents */ Added documents

'''C4''' is the fourth world in the [[Land of Faith]], accessible through a portal in Building C.

== Puzzles ==
* [[Armory]]
* [[Oubliette]]
* [[Stables]]
* [[Throne Room]]

== Stars ==
There are two stars in this world.

== Documents ==

=== Terminal C04 ===

* [[pets.html]]
* [[arkady_journal99.txt]]
* [[contraries.txt]]

[[Category:TTP1 Worlds]]
[[Category:TTP1]]

Humblebrag.html

2024-03-04T16:41:29Z

JayMaxu2: Created page with "{{TTP1Document | file = humblebrag.html | source = webcrawl | date = 0000/12/05 | location = C3 | terminal = C03 }} <pre> Ariana's Blog - Entry #477: Holy Humblebrag, Batman! I have always known that God "maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust" (Matthew 5:45), but I must admit it's one thing to know the words and another to truly understand them! Though I am certain that my faith is true, that does not make..."

{{TTP1Document
| file = humblebrag.html
| source = webcrawl
| date = 0000/12/05
| location = [[C3]]
| terminal = C03
}}
<pre>
Ariana's Blog - Entry #477: Holy Humblebrag, Batman!

I have always known that God "maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust" (Matthew 5:45), but I must admit it's one thing to know the words and another to truly understand them! Though I am certain that my faith is true, that does not make me special or exempt me from suffering. I'm just another human being, and God has seen billions of us come and go. And I have to say, this is surprisingly hard to accept.

I always thought I was humble, but now I'm realizing that I was very proud of being humble, which is… really dumb. Guess I'm not the first one to do that, huh?

Tags: #regret #pride #faith #humblebrag #apology #batman
</pre>
== Notes ==
* The entry title "Holy Humblebrag, Batman!" is a reference to the 1966-1968 ''Batman'' television series, in which Batman's sidekick Robin would frequently exclaim "Holy ''X'', Batman!", ''X'' being something related to the case or adventure they work on.
[[Category:TTP1]]

Third thesis.txt

2024-03-04T16:33:10Z

JayMaxu2: Created page with "{{TTP1Document | file = third_thesis.txt | source = phil_arc | date = 1784 CE | location = C3 | terminal = C03 }} [Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose] It remains strange that the earlier generations seem to perform their toilsome labour only for the sake of the later ones; to construct for them a step from which they can raise higher the edifice that Nature intended; and only the latest of all generations have the luck to inhabit the edifice..."

{{TTP1Document
| file = third_thesis.txt
| source = phil_arc
| date = 1784 CE
| location = [[C3]]
| terminal = C03
}}
[Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose]

It remains strange that the earlier generations seem to perform their toilsome labour only for the sake of the later ones; to construct for them a step from which they can raise higher the edifice that Nature intended; and only the latest of all generations have the luck to inhabit the edifice that a long line of their ancestors (unintentionally) constructed {{HexString|45 56 4F 4C 55 54 49 4F 4E 20 54 48 52 4F 55 47 48 20 49 54 45 52 41 54 49 4F 4E 0D 0A 49 54 45 52 41 54 49 4F 4E 20 54 48 52 4F 55 47 48 20 50 4C 41 59|EVOLUTION THROUGH ITERATION {Two line breaks} ITERATION THROUGH PLAY}} 1784CE-F112] [KANT, IMMANUEL]

As puzzling as this may be, it is equally necessary, if one assumes the following: a species of animal possesses Reason, and must develop this capacity to its perfection, being individually mortal, but immortal in the species.

== Notes ==

* As seen in the text, the document quotes the Third Thesis from philosopher Immanuel Kant's ''[https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/kant/universal-history.htm Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose]''.

[[Category:TTP1]]

Post437.html

2024-03-04T16:09:40Z

JayMaxu2: Created page with "{{TTP1Document | file = post437.html | source = webcrawl | date = 0000/11/19 | location = C3 | terminal = C03 }} <pre> Like everyone else on the internet these (last) days, I just wanted to say bye, and thanks for reading my little blog for so many years. It's been fun, hasn't it? So many deep conversations, so much philosophy… OK, OK, it was mostly cat pictures and bad puns, but still. I kinda regret spending so much time at the computer - not when I was doing stu..."

{{TTP1Document
| file = post437.html
| source = webcrawl
| date = 0000/11/19
| location = [[C3]]
| terminal = C03
}}
<pre>
Like everyone else on the internet these (last) days, I just wanted to say bye, and thanks for reading my little blog for so many years. It's been fun, hasn't it? So many deep conversations, so much philosophy… OK, OK, it was mostly cat pictures and bad puns, but still. I kinda regret spending so much time at the computer - not when I was doing stuff, just all the sitting around, checking my emails a million times, reading pointless status updates by people I didn't like… but I don't regret the friends I made here or the laughs we had.

You're all good people and I'm glad I got to know you. Have a nice end of the world.

[12 Comments]
</pre>
[[Category:TTP1]]

C3

2024-03-04T16:03:57Z

JayMaxu2: /* Documents */

'''C3''' is the third world in the [[Land of Faith]], accessible through a portal in Building C.

== Puzzles ==
* [[Big Stairs, Little Stairs]]
* [[Jammer Quarantine]]
* [[Three Little Connectors... and a Fan]]
* [[Weathertop]]

== Stars ==
There is one star in this world.

== Documents ==

=== Terminal C03 ===

* [[post437.html]]
* [[third_thesis.txt]]
* [[humblebrag.html]]

[[Category:TTP1 Worlds]]
[[Category:TTP1]]

Lastdays.eml

2024-03-04T15:58:00Z

JayMaxu2: Created page with "{{TTP1Document | file = lastdays.eml | source = loc | date = 0000/09/26 | location = C2 | terminal = C02 }} <pre> From: Alan Jameson, Institute for Applied Noematics To: Fran Subject: Last Days You know what the oddest thing is about all this? We're not constantly fighting, having nervous breakdowns, screaming at each other. We're actually really polite and focused, and we spend most of our time debating the nature of humanity and how we can best succeed at probably..."

{{TTP1Document
| file = lastdays.eml
| source = loc
| date = 0000/09/26
| location = [[C2]]
| terminal = C02
}}
<pre>
From: Alan Jameson, Institute for Applied Noematics
To: Fran
Subject: Last Days

You know what the oddest thing is about all this? We're not constantly fighting, having nervous breakdowns, screaming at each other. We're actually really polite and focused, and we spend most of our time debating the nature of humanity and how we can best succeed at probably the most ambitious thing anyone's ever tried. Like it was completely normal, like that's just how people are. I feel like we've turned into Star Trek characters or something.

I guess... what's the point of doing anything else? Getting angry isn't going to help. But I didn't expect to feel like this at all.

And you know what? It's awesome.

Many greetings & good luck,
Alan

PS Love from George!
</pre>
[[Category:TTP1]]

Family.html

2024-03-04T15:52:23Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = family.html
| source = webcrawl
| date = 0000/11/27
| location = [[C2]]
| terminal = C02
}}
<pre>
For those of you who have faithfully followed this blog for the last five years, I just wanted to give you one final update. I'm going to spend my remaining time with my family. Yeah, I know, I know. There are probably 50+ posts about all the problems I've had with them. But in the end... they are my family. They are the people I grew up with, the people I care about, the people I love. Sure, they annoy the hell out of me. They've said awful things to me and I've said awful things to them. But that doesn't change who we are. In fact, if we didn't care about each other, this stuff wouldn't upset us.

Do I still think they were wrong? Yeah, absolutely. Would I behave differently if I thought we all still had a lot of time? Definitely. But we don't, so I'd rather spend a couple of weeks sitting on the porch with my parents and my sisters than being angry and alone. Besides, it's not like we're going to fight about my job prospects anymore.

If you can, try to make peace with those you love. It's your last chance. Thanks for reading.
</pre>
[[Category:TTP1]]

Family.html

2024-03-04T15:52:03Z

JayMaxu2: Created page with "{{TTP1Document | file = family.html | source = webcrawl | date = 0000/11/27 | location = C2 | terminal = C02 }} <pre> For those of you who have faithfully followed this blog for the last five years, I just wanted to give you one final update. I'm going to spend my remaining time with my family. Yeah, I know, I know. There are probably 50+ posts about all the problems I've had with them. But in the end... they are my family. They are the people I grew up with, the peo..."

C2

2024-03-04T15:48:23Z

JayMaxu2: /* Documents */

'''C2''' is the second world in the [[Land of Faith]], accessible through a portal in Building C.

== Puzzles ==
* [[A Ditch and a Fence]]
* [[Cemetery]]
* [[Rapunzel]]
* [[The Short Wall]]

== Stars ==
There is one star in this world.

== Documents ==

=== Terminal C02 ===

* [[family.html]]
* [[lastdays.eml]]

[[Category:TTP1 Worlds]]
[[Category:TTP1]]

Template:TTP1Document

2024-02-29T20:08:46Z

JayMaxu2: Undo revision 6672 by Theadamabrams (talk); Those links are meant for pages open and expected to be made, or so I assumed.

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{| style="float:right; border:1px solid black"
! style="align:center; background-color: #ddd" colspan=2| {{{file|{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}}
|-
| Source:
| style="text-align:right;" | {{{source|N/A}}}
|-
| Date:
| style="text-align:right;" | {{{date|N/A}}}
|-
| Area:
| style="text-align:right;" | {{{location|N/A}}}

|}
'''{{{file|{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}}''' is a {{#if:{{{multimedia|}}}|multimedia |text }}[[document]]{{#if:{{{terminal|}}}| stored in [[terminal]] {{{terminal}}}}}{{#if:{{{location|}}}| in {{{location}}}.|.}}
{{clear}}
== Contents ==
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"file": {
"label": "File Name",
"description": "The in-universe file name, shown on a terminal before selecting the file.",
"example": "figure_it_out.eml",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true
},
"source": {
"label": "Source",
"description": "The \"source\" of the file, be it locally stored or from another server. Listed alongside the creation date and file name.",
"example": "EP_arch, loc, lit_arch",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true
},
"date": {
"label": "Creation Date",
"description": "The listed creation date of the document. Listed alongside the source and file name.",
"example": "2032/02/19, 1912 CE, 000/07/01",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true
},
"location": {
"label": "Location",
"description": "The area(s) in which this file can be found.",
"example": "A1",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true
},
"terminal": {
"label": "Terminal",
"description": "The name of the Terminal(s) that this document is found on, if applicable. Can be seen in the journal. Leave undefined if the document (e.g. audio log) does not come from a terminal.",
"example": "A01, A08 and B08, A02 Extra",
"type": "string"
},
"multimedia": {
"label": "Multimedia?",
"description": "Does the document contain audio/visual components?",
"type": "boolean",
"example": "true, false"
}
},
"paramOrder": [
"file",
"source",
"date",
"location",
"terminal",
"multimedia"
],
"format": "block",
"description": "Use this at the very top of every in-universe (terminal) document. It will create a one-sentence intro, an infobox for technical details, and will display the transcript at /Transcript if it has been created. Adds the page to Category:TTP1 documents"
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>
<includeonly>
[[Category:TTP1 Documents]]
</includeonly>

Einstein.html

2024-02-29T18:21:16Z

JayMaxu2: Created page with "{{TTP1Document | file = einstein.html | source = webcrawl | date = 2029/07/23 | location = C1 | terminal = C01 Extra }} Recent discussions have brought me back to an excellent 1949 article by Albert Einstein, in$%/ <nowiki><BLOCKQUOTE></nowiki>I recently discussed with an intelligent and well-disposed man the threat of another war, which in my opinion would seriously endanger the existence of mankind {{HexString|#5355 #5256 #4956 #414C|SURVIVAL}} Thereupon my vis..."

{{TTP1Document
| file = einstein.html
| source = webcrawl
| date = 2029/07/23
| location = [[C1]]
| terminal = C01 Extra
}}
Recent discussions have brought me back to an excellent 1949 article by Albert Einstein, in$%/

<nowiki><BLOCKQUOTE></nowiki>I recently discussed with an intelligent and well-disposed man the threat of another war, which in my opinion would seriously endanger the existence of mankind {{HexString|#5355 #5256 #4956 #414C|SURVIVAL}} Thereupon my visitor, very calmly and coolly, said to me: "Why are you so deeply opposed to the disappearance of the human race?"

I am sure that as little as a century ago no one would have so lightly made a statement of this kind. It is the statement of a man who has striven in vain to attain an equilibrium within himself and has more or less lost hope of succeeding. It is the expression of a painful solitude and isolation from which so many people are suffering in these days.<nowiki></BLOCKQUOTE></nowiki>

<nowiki>#</nowiki>§&55/ bizarre, casual disregard for humanity, a kind of fashionable self-hatred, is prevalent or at least present in many strands of supposedly progressive %§$& "§$§

Nothing seems more important to me than that we reassert the value of humanity. Despite our flaws, we must not stop celebrating the beauty of human life and human achievement, par&$%
== Notes ==
* The Albert Einstein article quoted in the text is [https://monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/why-socialism/ ''Why Socialism?''].
[[Category:TTP1]]

Human evolution.txt

2024-02-29T18:06:11Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = human_evolution.txt
| source = lit_arch
| date = 1872 CE
| location = [[C1]]
| terminal = C01 Extra
}}
<pre>
[ARCHIVE: 1872CE-F553] [BUTLER, SAMUEL]

Complex now, but how much simpler and more intelligibly organised may it not become in another hundred thousand years? Or in twenty thousand? For man at present believes that his interest lies in that direction; he spends an incalculable amount of labour and time and thought in making machines breed always better and better; he has already succeeded in effecting much that at one time appeared impossible, and there seem to be no limits to the results of accumulated improvements if they are allowed to descend with modification from generation to generation.

It must always be remembered that man's body is what it is through having been moulded into its present shape by the chances and changes of many millions of years, but that his organisation never advanced with anything like the rapidity with which that of the machines is advancing.
</pre>
== Notes ==

* The text originates from Chapter 24 of the book ''[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Erewhon/Chapter_24 Erewhon]'' by writer Samuel Butler, which itself originated from the article "Darwin among the Machines", published in 1863.
[[Category:TTP1]]

Human evolution.txt

2024-02-29T18:05:22Z

JayMaxu2: Created page with "{{TTP1Document | file = human_evolution.txt | source = lit_arch | date = 1872 CE | location = C1 | terminal = C01 Extra }} [ARCHIVE: 1872CE-F553] [BUTLER, SAMUEL] Complex now, but how much simpler and more intelligibly organised may it not become in another hundred thousand years? Or in twenty thousand? For man at present believes that his interest lies in that direction; he spends an incalculable amount of labour and time and thought in making machines breed alw..."

{{TTP1Document
| file = human_evolution.txt
| source = lit_arch
| date = 1872 CE
| location = [[C1]]
| terminal = C01 Extra
}}

[ARCHIVE: 1872CE-F553] [BUTLER, SAMUEL]

Complex now, but how much simpler and more intelligibly organised may it not become in another hundred thousand years? Or in twenty thousand? For man at present believes that his interest lies in that direction; he spends an incalculable amount of labour and time and thought in making machines breed always better and better; he has already succeeded in effecting much that at one time appeared impossible, and there seem to be no limits to the results of accumulated improvements if they are allowed to descend with modification from generation to generation.

It must always be remembered that man's body is what it is through having been moulded into its present shape by the chances and changes of many millions of years, but that his organisation never advanced with anything like the rapidity with which that of the machines is advancing.

== Notes ==

* The text originates from Chapter 24 of the book ''[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Erewhon/Chapter_24 Erewhon]'' by writer Samuel Butler, which itself originated from the article "Darwin among the Machines", published in 1863.

Against survival.eml

2024-02-29T17:56:14Z

JayMaxu2: Created page with "{{TTP1Document | file = against_survival.eml | source = loc | date = 0000/07/30 | location = C1 | terminal = C01 Extra }} <pre> Dear Ms. Drennan, I heard about your project - it's the talk of the scientific community - and I'd like to make an argument for why you should abandon it. It's not that I think your idea won't work. It very well may. But we have to look beyond purely practical questions to the issue of morality. Especially at this turning point of our spir..."

{{TTP1Document
| file = against_survival.eml
| source = loc
| date = 0000/07/30
| location = [[C1]]
| terminal = C01 Extra
}}
<pre>
Dear Ms. Drennan,

I heard about your project - it's the talk of the scientific community - and I'd like to make an argument for why you should abandon it.

It's not that I think your idea won't work. It very well may. But we have to look beyond purely practical questions to the issue of morality. Especially at this turning point of our spiritual ecology.

By what right can we put living beings through all that suffering, just so they can serve our purposes? Why create these pale imitations of our fatally flawed species and force them to reenact our sordid history? Why &$&//

What you are building, Ms. Drennan, is a prison - even if there is a way out. I believe you mean well, but your idea of what is valuable is rooted in the dogma of Western civilization.

We're lucky enough to be able to end our global crime spree relatively painlessly, if you consider the harm we have caused the Earth. Why not be satisfied with that and let this planet go on in peace?

I hope you heed my words, and let your "Talos" bleed out before it's too late.

Respectfully,

Chellis Jensen
</pre>
[[Category:TTP1]]

Hope.eml

2024-02-29T17:54:16Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = hope.eml
| source = EP_arch
| date = 0000/12/01
| location = [[C1]]
| terminal = C01
}}
From: {{HexString|686.5.6176@656.E20.696E|heaven in}}
To: {{HexString|68.65.6C@6C2.01.973|hell ␙s (Likely meant to be "hell's)}}
Subject: {{HexString|#6465 #7370 #6169 #72&|despair}}

Hi,

I hope you get this, the internet's been disappearing unpredictably. I want you to know that I'm going to try and get to you. I know it's far and there's not a lot of time, but I think I can manage. I want to be with you, and fra%&$%/ on the road trying to get to you seems better than just staying here, so far away from you. At least I'll be as close as I can get. Remember $§&%$&

But hey, don't be sad. I might make it. I've thought about it and the distance should be crossable on time, assuming the s{{HexString|&$46474|FG (Unclear if this is meant to stand for anything)}} don't kick in before $§%§%.

See you soon. I love you.

%$§&§&

== Notes ==

* The encrypted text (''"heaven in hell's despair"'' when assembled and corrected) is taken from the poem ''[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43655/the-clod-and-the-pebble The Clod and the Pebble]'' by English poet William Blake. It comes from the first stanza of the poem, which reads:<blockquote>"Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair." </blockquote>
** Strangely, the encrypted text on the "To:" line is instead transliterated as "hell �␙s". It is unclear if this is on purpose or an issue with regard to how it was typed up.
** It is unclear if the additional numerical text in the passage ("46474", which is only decrypted as "FG" in hexadecimal) is meant to stand for anything or is simple gibberish.

[[Category:TTP1]]

Hope.eml

2024-02-29T17:50:37Z

JayMaxu2: Created page with "{{TTP1Document | file = hope.eml | source = EP_arch | date = 0000/12/01 | location = C1 | terminal = C01 }} From: {{HexString|686.5.6176@656.E20.696E|heaven in}} To: {{HexString|68.65.6C@6C2.01.973|hell ␙s (Likely meant to be "hell's)}} Subject: {{HexString|#6465 #7370 #6169 #72&|despair}} Hi, I hope you get this, the internet's been disappearing unpredictably. I want you to know that I'm going to try and get to you. I know it's far and there's not a lot o..."

{{TTP1Document
| file = hope.eml
| source = EP_arch
| date = 0000/12/01
| location = [[C1]]
| terminal = C01
}}
From: {{HexString|686.5.6176@656.E20.696E|heaven in}}
To: {{HexString|68.65.6C@6C2.01.973|hell ␙s (Likely meant to be "hell's)}}
Subject: {{HexString|#6465 #7370 #6169 #72&|despair}}

Hi,

I hope you get this, the internet's been disappearing unpredictably. I want you to know that I'm going to try and get to you. I know it's far and there's not a lot of time, but I think I can manage. I want to be with you, and fra%&$%/ on the road trying to get to you seems better than just staying here, so far away from you. At least I'll be as close as I can get. Remember $§&%$&

But hey, don't be sad. I might make it. I've thought about it and the distance should be crossable on time, assuming the s{{HexString|&$46474|FG (Unclear if this is meant to stand for anything)}} don't kick in before $§%§%.

== Notes ==

* The encrypted text (''"heaven in hell's despair"'' when assembled and corrected) is taken from the poem ''[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43655/the-clod-and-the-pebble The Clod and the Pebble]'' by English poet William Blake. It comes from the first stanza of the poem, which reads:<blockquote>"Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair." </blockquote>
** Strangely, the encrypted text on the "To:" line is instead transliterated as "hell �␙s". It is unclear if this is on purpose or an issue with regard to how it was typed up.
** It is unclear if the additional numerical text in the passage ("46474", which is only decrypted as "FG" in hexadecimal) is meant to stand for anything or is simple gibberish.

[[Category:TTP1]]

Sarabhai982.jrnl

2024-02-29T17:11:46Z

JayMaxu2: Created page with "{{TTP1Document | file = Sarabhai982.jrnl | source = loc | date = 0000/08/05 | location = C1 | terminal = C01 }} <pre> User: Nadya Sarabhai Entry: 982 AppLicense: XC43G5678SS4G Tags: none Everything's dark and quiet. The stars are brighter than I've ever seen them. I can hear the faint sound of water high above. Inside, Alexandra is recording one of her time capsule messages while running tests on the scenario module, Arkady is uploading another batch to the Archive..."

{{TTP1Document
| file = Sarabhai982.jrnl
| source = loc
| date = 0000/08/05
| location = [[C1]]
| terminal = C01
}}
<pre>
User: Nadya Sarabhai
Entry: 982
AppLicense: XC43G5678SS4G
Tags: none

Everything's dark and quiet. The stars are brighter than I've ever seen them. I can hear the faint sound of water high above. Inside, Alexandra is recording one of her time capsule messages while running tests on the scenario module, Arkady is uploading another batch to the Archive while muttering something about the MLA program, and Omar is sleeping on the couch we put up yesterday.

And I'm sitting here, writing this, having trouble believing that it will ever end, that this oddly peaceful existence of ours won't just go on forever. I look at Talos and EL and their purpose seems like something that's always going to be in the future, an ideal to work towards, not something that will become real.

I wonder if there will be quiet places in the simulation, places to rest without thinking about the future. I hope so. Everyone deserves some moments of peace.
</pre>

== Notes ==

* This is one of the only documents in the game in which a name on a file is capitalized.
[[Category:TTP1]]

Apocrypha1.doc

2024-02-29T16:59:41Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = apocrypha1.doc
| source = mdv_th
| date = 890 CE
| location = [[C1]]
| terminal = C01
}}
The Apocrypha of Saint Eadwald

This vision was granted by the Archangel Uriel to the humble servant Eadwald, that he might bear testimony of {{HexString|1=§/746865206#C=696F6E%202 620776F6 C6620 7368616C6&C2063 function(E): 65617.365/%$/|2=the lion and wolf shall cease}}

I turned to the north, and saw seven black clouds coming down upon the land. And each cloud was a plague unleashed from the Throne of God in the time of the Nephilim; in that age the plagues were buried in the Pit, there to remain until the End of Days, which was surely now come. I fell to my knees and prayed, and before me appeared seven angels, riding their chariots, wheels within wheels turning in the sky, and their light hid the clouds from my sight.

One angel stepped down onto the Earth, and by his fiery sword I knew him to be Uriel. He spoke, saying: "Seven plagues have awoken in the land, but not at the hand of Elohim; look upon the wages of sin. And shall He send forth the deluge once more, to cleanse the land of this evil? Shall He end all that slithers and all that crawls, and the birds of the sky and the fishes of the sea, to end that which you uncovered in your folly?" The $%§"&/ %//

== Notes ==

* The encrypted text is an excerpt from ''[https://blakearchive.org/copy/america.m?descId=america.m.illbk.08 America a Prophecy]'' by English poet William Blake. It is taken from line 17 of plate 6, which reads:<blockquote>For Empire is no more, and now the Lion & Wolf shall cease.</blockquote>

== See Also ==

* [[The Apocrypha of Saint Eadwald]]

[[Category:TTP1]]

Apocrypha1.doc

2024-02-29T16:58:27Z

JayMaxu2: Created page with "{{TTP1Document | file = apocrypha1.doc | source = mdv_th | date = 890 CE | location = C1 | terminal = C01 }} The Apocrypha of Saint Eadwald This vision was granted by the Archangel Uriel to the humble servant Eadwald, that he might bear testimony of {{HexString|1=§/746865206#C=696F6E%202 620776F6 C6620 7368616C6&C2063 function(E): 65617.365/%$/|2=the lion and wolf shall cease}} I turned to the north, and saw seven black clouds coming down upon the land. And e..."

C1

2024-02-29T16:46:42Z

JayMaxu2: /* Documents */

'''C1''' is the first world in the [[Land of Faith]], accessible through a portal in Building C.

== Puzzles ==
* [[Blowback]]
* [[Labyrinth]]
* [[Multiply Impossible Ascension]]
* [[The Conservatory]]

== Stars ==
There is one star in this world.

== Documents ==

=== Terminal C01 ===

* [[apocrypha1.doc]]
* [[Sarabhai982.jrnl]]
* [[hope.eml]]

=== Terminal C01 Extra ===

* [[against_survival.eml]]
* [[human_evolution.txt]]
* [[einstein.html]]

[[Category:TTP1 Worlds]]
[[Category:TTP1]]

C1

2024-02-29T16:43:35Z

JayMaxu2: /* Documents */ Added documents

'''C1''' is the first world in the [[Land of Faith]], accessible through a portal in Building C.

== Puzzles ==
* [[Blowback]]
* [[Labyrinth]]
* [[Multiply Impossible Ascension]]
* [[The Conservatory]]

== Stars ==
There is one star in this world.

== Documents ==

=== Terminal C01 ===

* [[apocryphal.doc]]
* [[Sarabhai982.jrnl]]
* [[hope.eml]]

=== Terminal C01 Extra ===

* [[against_survival.eml]]
* [[human_evolution.txt]]
* [[einstein.html]]

[[Category:TTP1 Worlds]]
[[Category:TTP1]]

Star World B

2024-02-29T16:38:12Z

JayMaxu2:

'''Star World B''', or '''B8''', is the eighth area of the [[Land of Death]], only unlocked by finding all the [[Star (TTP1)|stars]] in all worlds in the land.

== Puzzles ==

* [[Cat's Cradle]]
* [[Merry Go Round|Merry Go 'Round]]
* [[Peekaboo!]]

== Sigil Puzzle ==
No [[Sigil|sigil puzzles]] exist within the world itself, but a gate in the overworld structure has a sigil puzzle which requires all stars in the land to be acquired and then solved.

== Documents ==

=== Terminal B08 ===

* [[orangutan.html]]
* [[blake_archive_793.html]]
* [[usernames.eml]]
* [[6 *N*.img|#6_*N*.img]]
[[Category:TTP1]]
[[Category:TTP1 Worlds]]

Welcome.eml

2024-02-29T16:31:57Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = welcome.eml
| source = loc
| date = 0000/07/01
| location = [[A1]]
| terminal = A01
}}
<blockquote>
From: Nadya Sarabhai @ Institute for Applied N% 
To: Alexandra Drennan @ &&/ed Noematics 
Subject: Welcome to the team!

Hi again,

I’m sorry if I was a little odd at the meeting. I know you were nervous, but the truth is that so was I. This may be hard to believe, but you intimidate me! You're so young and you've already accomplished so much... if the situation wasn’t so grim, I might even be jealous. :)

There's also something I wanted to clarify. I realize that, nominally speaking, I'm head researcher here. But this is your project and everyone will respect that. And yes, I know, you’re not used to working like this… but as of today, you’re in charge.

No pressure. *g*

Let's do this, 
Nadya
</blockquote>
[[Category:TTP1]]

The human machine.html

2024-02-29T16:28:57Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = the_human_machine.html
| source = webcrawl
| date = 2019/01/30
| location = [[A2]]
| terminal = A02 Extra
}}<blockquote>Topic #3:

One day you discover that you are not a human being, but a machine. Your life so far was real, no-one controlled you or programmed you to behave in some specific way; your physical and mental capacities are identical to those of an organic human being. But you were created in a lab.

No-one except you knows about this. Your family, your friends, they all think you are a regular human being like themselves. You could continue to live your life the way you have before and nothing would change.

How do you react?

Pay specific attention to these questions:

a) Does your concept of yourself change? Are you the same person you thought you were?

b) Does your understanding of the world itself change?

c) Do you reveal the information to others, or do you keep it to yourself? Why?

1500-2000 words. The 26th is the final deadline, no extensions will be granted. Submit via email or ##%{{HexString|66 61 63 65 62 6f 6f 6b 2e 63 6f 6d 2f 63 72 6f 74 65 61 6d|facebook.com/croteam}}</blockquote>
[[Category:TTP1]]

Talos.eml

2024-02-29T16:27:23Z

JayMaxu2: /* Notes */

{{TTP1Document
| file = talos.eml
| source = loc
| date = 0000/06/03
| location = [[Star World A]]
| terminal = A08
}}<blockquote>From: Alexandra Drennan

To: Noematics Mailing List

Subject: [NML] Talos Principle

Have you heard of the Talos Principle? It's this old philosophical concept about the impossibility of avoiding reality - no matter what you believe, if you lose your blood, you will die. I think that applies to our situation more than we'd like to admit. We could close our eyes and pretend that everything's going to be all right... but it won't change the physical reality of what's going to happen to our {{HexString|4E 6F 20 6D 61 6E 20 69|No man i}}

I think that, as scientists, it is our duty to face the truth, and to ask ourselves the most important question: how can we help?

{{HexString|73 20 6C 69 62 65 72 61 74 65 64 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 66 65 61 72 20 77 68 6F 20 64 61 72 65 20 6E 6F 74 20 73 65 65 20 68 69 73|s liberated from fear who dare not see his}}

{{HexString|20 70 6C 61 63 65 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 77 6F 72 6C 64 20 61 73 20 69 74 20 69 73 3B 20 6E 6F 20 6D 61 6E 20 63 61 6E 20 61 63 68 69 65 76 65 20 74|place in the world as it is; no man can achieve t}} I think I have an idea {{HexString|68 65 20 67 72 65 61 74 6E 65 73 73 20 6F 66 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 68 65 20 69 73 20 63 61 70 61 62 6C 65 20 75 6E 74 69 6C 20|he greatness of which he is capable until}}

{{HexString|68 65 20 68 61 73 20 61 6C 6C 6F 77 65 64 20 68 69 6D 73 65 6C 66 20 74 6F 20 73 65 65 20 68 69 73 20 6F 77 6E 20 6C 69 74 74 6C 65 6E 65 73 73 2E 20|he has allowed himself to see his own littleness.}}

Regards,

Alexandra</blockquote>

== Notes ==

* The encrypted text, when fully assembled, reads "No man is liberated from fear who dare not see his place in the world as it is; no man can achieve the greatness of which he is capable until he has allowed himself to see his own littleness." This text originates from philosopher Bernard Russell, from his 1919 essay [https://users.drew.edu/~jlenz/br-dreams.html "Dreams and Facts"].
[[Category:TTP1]]

Talos principle.txt

2024-02-29T16:26:15Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = talos_principle.txt
| source = CL_arch
| date = 260 BCE
| location = [[A2]]
| terminal = A02
}}

[ARCHIVE: 260BCE-F12] [STRATON OF STAGEIRA]

Whether it is true that Daedalus constructed the giant Talos, or as others say he was the creation of Hephaestus, what we may be certain of is that he was made of bronze, and had but one vein, within which flowed a liquid substance like blood, which some claim was quicksilver, and others assert was ichor such as flows in the veins of the gods. The loss of that liquid caused him to die, as a man dies when he loses his blood.

May we not then say that Talos, though created as a machine or a toy, had all the essential properties of a man? He moved of his own volition. He spoke and could be spoken to, had wishes and desires. Indeed in the tale of the Argonauts, that was the cause of his downfall. If, then, a machine may have all the properties of a man, and act as a man while driven only by the ingenious plan of its construction and the interaction of its materials according to the principles of nature, then does it not follow that man may also be seen as a machine? This contradicts all the schools of metaphysics, yet even the most faithful philosopher cannot live without his blood.

[[Category:TTP1]]
[[Category:TTP1 Documents]]

Straton of stageira.wiki

2024-02-29T16:25:39Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = straton_of_stageira.wiki
| source = webcrawl
| date = 2019/12/03
| location = [[A3]]
| terminal = A03
}}<blockquote>STRATON of Stageira (311 - 254 BC) was a Greek materialist philosopher associated with the Peripatetic school. An admirer of Aristotle, he was a proponent of empiricism and a fierce critic of philosophy that placed belief before observable truths. Though unpopular with many of his peers for his often acerbic personal manner, his commentaries on Aristotle were considered an important work. Much of his writing was lost in the destruction of the Library of Alexandria.</blockquote>

[[Category:TTP1]]

Singularity discussion104.html

2024-02-29T16:24:54Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = singularity_discussion104.html
| source = webcrawl
| date = 9995/10/11
| location = [[A7]]
| terminal = A07
}}<blockquote>Articles \ The Singularity Is Coming \ Comment 104

[user: [[Alexandra Drennan|alex16]]] [reply] [report]

You know, the more I think about it, the more I believe that no-one is actually worried about AIs taking over the world or anything like that, no matter what they say. What they're really worried about is that someone might prove, once and for all, that consciousness can arise from matter. And I kind of understand why they find it so terrifying. If we can create a sentient being, where does that leave the soul? Without mystery, how can we see ourselves as anything other than machines? And if we are machines, what hope do we have that death is not the end?

What really scares people is not the artificial intelligence in the computer, but the "natural" intelligence they see in the mirror.

[show next comments]</blockquote>
[[Category:TTP1]]

Progress rep1.eml

2024-02-29T16:22:17Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = progress_rep1.eml
| source = loc
| date = 0000/07/02
| location = [[A4]]
| terminal = A04
}}<blockquote>From: Nadya Sarabhai

To: IAN Mailing List

Subject: Progress Report 1

Hi all,

Everything's been moved to the EL facility. I know it's been sad to leave the good old JEFF building behind, but it makes sense for us to be on-site, especially as there may be severe power outages in the coming weeks.

Arkady's team are already working $%{{HexString|4C 49 46 45 20 55 48 20 46 49 4E 44 53 20 41|LIFE UH FINDS A}}&/run() {{HexString|20 57 41 59|WAY}} but you really don't need to worry about the teams getting in each other's way, the facility is genuinely humongous.

Let's get this show on the road!

- Nadya</blockquote>

== Notes ==

* The encrypted phrase ("LIFE UH FINDS A WAY" when assembled) is in reference to Ian Malcolm from the ''Jurassic Park'' franchise, including portrayer Jeff Goldblum's trademark filler words.

[[Category:TTP1]]
[[Category:TTP1 Documents]]

Post437 comments.html

2024-02-29T16:21:39Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = post437_comments.html
| source = webcrawl
| date = 0000/12/01
| location = [[A6]]
| terminal = A06 Extra
}}<blockquote>12 Comments:

[cheeseman22]

first!

[AnneDragonfairy]

Seriously, cheeseman? THat was the best you could say?

[cheeseman22]

LOL

[thephilosopherqueen]

A great snapshot of the human species at its best and at its worst.

[cheeseman22]

at its worst, come on, its jsut a comment, im not stalin

[TheInfiniteMonkey]

Stalin was also a troll commenter.

[AnneDragonfairy]

Maybe you should cut out the jokes. This is serious. The most serious thing that's ever happened.

[TheInfiniteMonkey]

I think that's a great reason to joke around!

[thephilosopherqueen]

Internet's working less and less. Goodbye, all.

[TheInfiniteMonkey]

Bye.

[AnneDragonfairy]

God bless you.

[cheeseman22]

last</blockquote>
[[Category:TTP1]]

Mail error.dat

2024-02-29T16:18:04Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = mail_error.dat
| source = loc
| date = 0000/06/03
| location = [[A4]]
| terminal = A04
}}<blockquote>From: Arkady {{HexString|46.6F.72@2C.20.62|For, b}}

To: [504 recipients]

I'll keep this short. You all know me, so you know that I know what I'm talking about.

I realize that you're all working on projects meant to somehow avert {{HexString|65 68 6F 6C 64 2C 20 49 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 20 6E 65 77 20 68 65 61 76 65|ehold, I create new heave}} find a solution.

I believe that {{HexString|46 6F 72 2C 20 62 65 68 6F 6C 64 2C 20 49 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 20 6E 65 77 20 68 65 61 76 65 6E 73 20 61 6E 64 20 61 20 6E 65 77 20 65 61 72 74 68 3A 20 61 6E|For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: an}} preserve the non-biological components of {{HexString|64 20 74 68 65 20 66 6F 72 6D 65 72 20 73 68 61 6C 6C 20 6E 6F 74 20 62 65 20 72 65 6D 65 6D 62 65 72 65 64 2C 20 6E 6F 72 20 63 6F 6D 65 20 69 6E|d the former shall not be remembered, nor come in}}

{{HexString|64 20 74 68 65 20 66 6F 72 6D 65 72 20 73|d the former s}} not in terms of {{HexString|68 61 6C 6C 20 6E 6F 74 20 62 65 20|hall not be}} immediately. You'll find the details of my proposal in the attachment, but the short version is {{HexString|72 65 6D 65 6D 62 65 72 65 64 2C 20 6E 6F 72|remembered, nor}} global undertaking {{HexString|20 63 6F 6D 65 20 69 6E 74 6F 20 6D 69 6E 64 2E|come into mind.}}</blockquote>

== Notes ==

* The decrypted text (''"For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind."'' when assembled) is taken from the passage Isaiah 65:17 from [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2065%3A17&version=KJV the King James Bible].

[[Category:TTP1]]

LOL.eml

2024-02-29T16:15:47Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = LOL.eml
| source = loc
| date = 0000/08/01
| location = [[A6]]
| terminal = A06
}}<blockquote>From: J.E. Harrison

To: Gnomey77

Subject: LOL

Ever since we moved to the new site, I feel funny. No, not in *that* way. Just... I feel like I'm about to start laughing at random. It's probably shock, right? An inability to deal with reality?

Or maybe it's just that we're working in this insane place with this insane technology on this insane project and so I feel like a genuine mad scientist.

Stand aside, mortals! We will create LIFE! By the power of SCIENCE!

I mentioned this to Alex and she got me a pair of fake glasses. "You can't be a mad scientist without glasses," she said. "Even Ian Malcolm had glasses." And I pointed at EL and said "Life, uh, finds a way."

Maybe you had to be there.

---

J.E. Harrison

Institute for Applied Noematics

Any emails sent from this address are to be considered CONFIDENTIAL. Sharing or forwarding without permission may result in prosecution by the enraged spirit of Jeff Goldblum.</blockquote>

[[Category:TTP1]]

Immortality.html

2024-02-29T16:14:54Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = immortality.html
| source = webcrawl
| date = 0000/04/17
| location = [[B1]]
| terminal = B01
}}<blockquote>Disgruntlomeister's Blogstasy, Episode 204

I don't know about everybody else, but I'm afraid of dying. I don't see any reason to believe there's an afterlife. I'm an organism like any other: when my brain stops working, my consciousness will cease, and I will be gone. And you know what? I can't just embrace that. I can't say I'm OK with it or I've accepted it or some nonsense like that. I don't want to have an ending. It terrifies me. If I had a genie right now, I'd wish for immortality. Who wouldn't? "Oh, but you wouldn't REALLY want to be immortal," the pseudo-philosophers say. Pretentious drivel! Everybody wants to live forever. Maybe everybody deserves to live forever, too.

But we can't, so here we are. Live with it.

Or rather, don't.</blockquote>
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IAN.eml

2024-02-29T16:14:09Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = IAN.eml
| source = loc
| date = 0000/01/21
| location = [[A2]]
| terminal = A02
}}
<blockquote>From: Frank Ngatai

To: Miles Ngatai, Dan Ngatai

Subject: IAN!

My first day at the Institute for Applied Noematics. On the way to work, I'm terrified. What if they don't like me? What if they're all geniuses and I'm a complete buffoon? Maybe they were just kidding about letting me work there?

Trembling, I walk in, and right at the entrance there's a life-size poster of Jeff Goldblum. What the hell?

Then I get it. Institute for Applied Noematics. IAN. Dr. Ian Malcolm from the Jurassic Park movies. Jeff Goldblum.

Dr. Sarabhai shows up, smiling. "We were trying to find a cool acronym, back when the Institute was founded," she says. "INAN? IAPN? INAPNO? It all sounded stupid, but we didn't just want to call it IAN, because, well, that's a name. Then someone made a joke about calling it JEFF, and... it kind of stuck. So we're officially called IAN, but if you hear anyone referring to JEFF, that's our... internal name, I guess. I know, I know. Bloody geeks."

After that conversation, I wasn't so scared anymore. <nowiki>:)</nowiki></blockquote>
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Human blood.txt

2024-02-29T16:11:06Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = human_blood.txt
| source = lit_arch
| date = 1872 CE
| location = [[Star World A]]
| terminal = A08
}}<blockquote>It is said by some that our blood is composed of infinite living agents which go up and down the highways and byways of our bodies as people in the streets of a city. &/Ecc1 {{HexString|41 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 57 6F 72 64|And the Word}} One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. function(#{{HexString|7761 7320 6D61 6465 20 66 6C 65 73 68|was made flesh}}

) And the sleep of the town, how life-like! with its change in the circulation.

[BUTLER, SAMUEL]

We are misled by considering any complicated machine as a single thing; in truth it is a city or society, each member of which was bred truly after its kind.</blockquote>

== Notes ==

* The primary text comes from Samuel Butler's 1872 novel, ''Erewhon; or, Over the Range''. More specifically, it is a passage taken from [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Erewhon/Chapter_24 "Chapter 24: The Machines"].
* The encrypted text ("And the Word was made flesh" when assembled) comes from John 1:14 from the [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201%3A14&version=KJV King James Bible]:<blockquote>And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.</blockquote>
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Figure it out.eml

2024-02-29T16:09:08Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = figure_it_out.eml
| source = EP_arch
| date = 2032/02/19
| location = [[A1]]
| terminal = A01
}}
<blockquote>
From: %442() Li 
To: {{HexString|69.74.657@2.61.746.96|iterati(o)}} 
Subject: {{HexString|F 6E|(o)n}} 

The way I see it, the world doesn't come with a manual. You gotta figure it out for yourself. A bit here, a bit there, put it together, try to make sense of it. I'm pretty sure there is a truth, but that doesn't mean everyone who claims to know it really does. Then again, that doesn't have to be a bad thing! We live in an amazing world and searching for the truth can be a real adventure. Plus it's good for the brain.

Anyway, just some rambling thoughts from your old man. Don't let this stuff get you down. You're young, you've got loads of time to figure it all out.

Love, 
Dad
</blockquote>
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Figure it out.eml

2024-02-29T16:08:33Z

JayMaxu2:

Error.log

2024-02-29T16:06:35Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = error.log
| source = temp
| date = 0000/00/00
| location = [[A2]]
| terminal = A02 Extra
}}<blockquote>CANNOT LOAD ARCHIVE [1667CE-F457] [MILTON, JOHN]

{{HexString|54 68 65 20 72 6F 61 64 20 6F 66 20|The road of}}

{{HexString|65 78 63 65 73 73 20 6C 65 61 64 73|excess leads}}

That day I oft remember, when from sleep

I first awaked, and found myself reposed

{{HexString|65 20 70 61 6C 61 63 65 20 6F 66 20 77|e palace of w}}

{{HexString|69 73 64 6F 6D 2E|isdom.}}

Under a shade on flowers, much wondering where

And what I was, whence thither brought, and how.

{{HexString|20 74 6F 20 74 68|to th}}

ERROR: UNKNOWN ERROR</blockquote>

== Notes ==

* The unencrypted text originates from book 4 of John Milton's ''[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45740/paradise-lost-book-4-1674-version Paradise Lost]''.
* The encrypted text ("The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." when fully assembled) originates from the English poet William Blake's book ''The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'', from the section [https://blakearchive.org/copy/mhh.a?descId=mhh.a.illbk.07 "Proverbs of Hell"].
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EL.html

2024-02-29T16:04:33Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = EL.html
| source = webcrawl
| date = 9999/09/09
| location = [[A5]]
| terminal = A05
}}<blockquote>EL, short for Extended Lifespan, is a groundbreaking initiative by seven leading universities to create the world's most stable and most durable supercomputer. With its custom-made hardware, bomb-proof casing, and near-inexhaustible hydroelectric power supply, EL represents a unique step forward in the evolution of human technology.

The brainchild of Nobel Prize nominee Dr. Arkady Chernyshevsky, EL will&<nowiki> </nowiki>

Links:

- Download Press Kit

- Meet the Team

- <a href

- Apply

- < a href="

- Contact</blockquote>

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Cicero.txt

2024-02-29T16:02:44Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = cicero.txt
| source = CL_arch
| date = 45 BCE
| location = [[A6]]
| terminal = [[A06]]
}}<blockquote>Shall the industrious husbandman, then, plant trees the fruit of which he shall never see? And shall not the great man found laws, institutions, and a republic? What does the procreation of children imply, and our care to continue our names, and our adoptions, and our scrupulous exactness in drawing up wills, and the inscriptions on monuments, and panegyrics, but that our thoughts run on futurity?

[cannot retrieve: Tusculan_Disputations {{HexString|484-F5045|HOPE (Removing "-")}}]

What do you imagine that so many and such great men of our republic, who have sacrificed their lives for its good, expected? Do you believe that they thought that their names should not continue beyond their lives? None ever encountered death for their country but under a firm persuasion of immortality! Themistocles might have lived at his ease; so might Epaminondas; and, not to look abroad and among the ancients for instances, so might I myself. But, somehow or other there clings to our minds a certain presage of future ages; and this both exists most firmly, and appears most clearly, in men of the loftiest genius and greatest souls. Take away this, and who would be so mad as to spend his life amidst toils and dangers?</blockquote>

== Notes ==

* The text, as noted, is excerpted from the [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/14988/14988-h/14988-h.htm Tusculan Disputations] of Ancient Roman writer and statesman, Marcus Tullius Cicero, specifically from sections XIV and XV

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Team leads.eml

2024-02-29T15:53:50Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = team_leads.eml
| source = loc
| date = 0000/07/05
| location = [[A3]]
| terminal = A03
}}<blockquote>We're blessed to have so many people contributing to this project, but we've got to make sure everyone is on the same page.

Please refer to the following people when w{{HexString|74 68 72 6F|thro}}

Alexandra Drennan - Project Lead / AI Module

Nadya Sarabhai - Institute Coordinator

Rob Maclean - EL Software

Trevor Donovan - EL Hardware

George Jameson - Generation Module

Alan Jameson - Scenario Module

Bob Rakovsky - Simulation Module

Radhia Bricmont - &%§$&()

Aurora Calvin - Link Hardware

Omar Gharib - Link Software

<nowiki>#a&( Lanning - Maintenance Module</nowiki>

J.E. Harrison - Diagnostic #()§

Frank Ngatai - Memory Module

Jared V. Shmilev - File Sys%&//)

Sun Wei-Yang - Talos Unit (formerly Soma)

Though not directly part of our project, the Archive team is sharing both physical and digital space with us. If there are any technical issues to resolve, please contact their project lead, Arkady Chernyshevsky. Don't worry, he's nice.

{{HexString|75 67 68 20 69 6E 61 63 74 69 6F 6E 2C 20 61 6C 6C 6F 77 20 68 75 6D 61 6E 69 74 79 20 74 6F 20 63 6F 6D 65 20 74 6F 20 68 61 72 6D|ugh inaction, allow humanity to come to harm}}</blockquote>

== Notes ==

* The encrypted text ("through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm" when assembled) originates from science fiction writer Isaac Asimov's "Three Law of Robotics". Specifically, it comes from the later added "Zeroth" law, which states:<blockquote>A robot may not harm humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.</blockquote>
* This is one of two documents in ''[[The Talos Principle]]'' which involve or reference [[Trevor Donovan]], the other being [[capacity.eml]], before his larger role in [[The Talos Principle 2|the second game]]. It's likely the first reference to his existence in the series which players will encounter.

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Capacity.eml

2024-02-29T15:45:28Z

JayMaxu2:

{{TTP1Document
| file = capacity.eml
| source = loc
| date = 0000/06/22
| location = [[B1]]
| terminal = B01 Extra
}}<blockquote>From: Trevor Donovan

To: Alexandra Drennan

Subject: EL Capacity

Yeah, no worries. EL is not only ridiculously fast, it also has a bazillion tons of space. Even while hosting a full copy of the Archive, it'll totally be able to handle all your project's data needs, assuming its output is as you suggested. I mean, the worst case scenario would be, like, centuries.

That should be enough, right?

Right? o_O

- Trev</blockquote>
== Notes ==
* This is one of two documents in ''[[The Talos Principle]]'' which involve or make reference to [[Ancient human#Trevor Donovan|Trevor Donovan]], before his far greater role in [[The Talos Principle 2|the second game]], and the only one with actual text from Trevor. The other document that refers to him is [[team_leads.eml]].

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Blake archive 793.html

2024-02-29T15:32:29Z

JayMaxu2: /* Notes */

{{TTP1Document
| file = blake_archive_793.html
| source = webcrawl
| date = 2022/12/16
| location = [[Star World B]]
| terminal = B08
}}<blockquote><nowiki><img src="plate11.png"></nowiki>

The ancient Poets animated all sensible objects with Gods or Geniuses, calling them by the names and adorning them with the properties of woods, rivers, mountains, lakes, cities, nations, and whatever their enlarged & numerous senses could perceive.

And particularly they studied the genius of each city & country, placing it under its mental deity.

Till a system was formed, which some took advantage of & enslav'd the vulgar by attempting to realize or abstract the mental deities from their objects; thus began Priesthood.

Choosing forms of worship from poetic tales.

And at length they pronounced that the gods had orderd such things.

Thus men forgot that All deities reside in the human breast.</blockquote>

== Notes ==

* The text comes from the poem ''[https://blakearchive.org/copy/mhh.h?descId=mhh.h.illbk.11 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell]'' by English poet William Blake. The broken code for displaying an image refers to the plate from which the text originates.

[[File:The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Plate 11.jpg|thumb|Plate 11 of William Blake's ''The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'', as would likely have been seen from the incomplete hex string. Retrieved from [https://blakearchive.org/copy/mhh.h?descId=mhh.h.illbk.11 blakearchive.org].]]
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