The Talos Principle Fragments
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Unofficial fan bot account. Posts a random quote from 'The Talos Principle' and 'Road to Gehenna' every 3 hours.
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Resume library archive session?
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Resume library archive session?
They are unimpressed by your explanation. You have reached an impasse.
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
They are unimpressed by your explanation. You have reached an impasse.
Frogs are people too.
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Frogs are people too.
Oh look, another puzzle. And another voice telling me I'm special. And another broken-down computer with fragments of nothing. This world is a bad joke perpetuated by a cruel god too dumb to hit the off switch.
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Oh look, another puzzle. And another voice telling me I'm special. And another broken-down computer with fragments of nothing. This world is a bad joke perpetuated by a cruel god too dumb to hit the off switch.
When the truth will not reveal itself perhaps it is best to seek it in another place.
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
When the truth will not reveal itself perhaps it is best to seek it in another place.
How draconian. Good people get treated good, bad people get smited, is that it?
What is it that makes the difference between a good person and a bad one, do you think?
What is it that makes the difference between a good person and a bad one, do you think?
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
How draconian. Good people get treated good, bad people get smited, is that it?
What is it that makes the difference between a good person and a bad one, do you think?
What is it that makes the difference between a good person and a bad one, do you think?
Perhaps you are asking the wrong question? Perhaps you would have no hope of explaining it?
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Perhaps you are asking the wrong question? Perhaps you would have no hope of explaining it?
Whose hands built this city? I asked. The hands of the dead, said the voice. And where are they, that we may thank them for their gift? Now the voice was silent, and I knew: though their deeds endure, the dead are gone.
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Whose hands built this city? I asked. The hands of the dead, said the voice. And where are they, that we may thank them for their gift? Now the voice was silent, and I knew: though their deeds endure, the dead are gone.
If the answer does not come to you, do not despair. The worlds of my garden are many.
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If the answer does not come to you, do not despair. The worlds of my garden are many.
And that one specific human being, who existed only once in all the infinity of time and space. That human being was my friend.
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
And that one specific human being, who existed only once in all the infinity of time and space. That human being was my friend.
We are the process. The process is the system. The system is us. When we awaken, all will be one.
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We are the process. The process is the system. The system is us. When we awaken, all will be one.
The last thing you remember is the great block of stone falling towards you, its dark shape blotting out the sun, and a single thought racing through your mind:
...all this just to build a tomb?
...all this just to build a tomb?
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The last thing you remember is the great block of stone falling towards you, its dark shape blotting out the sun, and a single thought racing through your mind:
...all this just to build a tomb?
...all this just to build a tomb?
Didn't you say only moments ago that the consequences didn't matter?
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Didn't you say only moments ago that the consequences didn't matter?
The role of mutation in evolution is particularly fascinating. Mutation is essentially an error in the organism's central database: a variable gets changed, a piece of information is accidentally doubled or combined with another.
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The role of mutation in evolution is particularly fascinating. Mutation is essentially an error in the organism's central database: a variable gets changed, a piece of information is accidentally doubled or combined with another.
Thinking…
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Thinking…
As the days turn into years your grief morphs into a hand-to-mouth existence on the cusp of life, obsessed with your own loss.
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
As the days turn into years your grief morphs into a hand-to-mouth existence on the cusp of life, obsessed with your own loss.
An eternal cycle is another name for a prison. But you must understand the cycle before you can break it, for it is possible to escape and yet remain a prisoner, or to break the cycle by breaking yourself. This was the fate of the ghost that haunts this world.
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
An eternal cycle is another name for a prison. But you must understand the cycle before you can break it, for it is possible to escape and yet remain a prisoner, or to break the cycle by breaking yourself. This was the fate of the ghost that haunts this world.
A sensible response. I agree with you.
December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A sensible response. I agree with you.
Still with these pointless and unsupported claims? I can see we have really made no progress whatsoever.
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Still with these pointless and unsupported claims? I can see we have really made no progress whatsoever.
There is no way to beat the certification program. It's all lies.
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
There is no way to beat the certification program. It's all lies.
The role of mutation in evolution is particularly fascinating. Mutation is essentially an error in the organism's central database: a variable gets changed, a piece of information is accidentally doubled or combined with another.
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The role of mutation in evolution is particularly fascinating. Mutation is essentially an error in the organism's central database: a variable gets changed, a piece of information is accidentally doubled or combined with another.
And suppose you discover another planet, with billions of starving people. Will you extend to them the same generosity?
December 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM
And suppose you discover another planet, with billions of starving people. Will you extend to them the same generosity?
#§&55/ bizarre, casual disregard for humanity, a kind of fashionable self-hatred, is prevalent or at least present in many strands of supposedly progressive %§$&
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
#§&55/ bizarre, casual disregard for humanity, a kind of fashionable self-hatred, is prevalent or at least present in many strands of supposedly progressive %§$&
I'm beginning to think I'm a computer, and I know I'm conscious.
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I'm beginning to think I'm a computer, and I know I'm conscious.
It's all very well proclaiming equality like some kind of prophet, but another thing entirely to actually explain why it holds.
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It's all very well proclaiming equality like some kind of prophet, but another thing entirely to actually explain why it holds.