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* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: Cornelius takes this view, saying that early man perceived the terrors and wonders of nature in terms of gods and spirits, but these ideas diminished as science developed (or as he paraphrases Hegel, "the sacred grove was reduced to mere timber"). He then suggests that "meaning" and "comfort" were lost with these ideas, but that in their last months of survival, mankind caught a glimpse of "a way forward instead of back", through faith in "the inherent value of consciousness and civilization," the result of which was the Extended Lifespan program and Athena.
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* ScienceIsGood: Prometheus' arguments can be summarized that Nature as it stands merely ''exists'' and it takes humanity to give Nature ''meaning''--to wit human endeavor actively ''improves'' Nature by, at the very least, opening up more Nature for humans to appreciate. This is even suggested as a reason for interstellar expansionism: humanity should go to the stars just to see what's there and, simply by perceiving it as beautiful, ''make'' it beautiful.
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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: [[spoiler:Prometheus and Pandora are eventually revealed to be manifestations of Athena's idealism and cynicism, respectfully, made real by her subconscious interacting with the Machine.]]
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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: [[spoiler:Prometheus and [[spoiler:Prometheus, Pandora and the Sphinx are eventually revealed to be manifestations of Athena's idealism idealism, cynicism and cynicism, respectfully, uncertainty respectively, made real by her subconscious interacting with the Machine.]]
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* At the Museum of the Simulation, one of the displays containing a gargoyle statue has a plaque describing its nature and purpose along with referring to "the most famous gargoyle" with two words: [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Keith David and Goliath]].
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* At the Museum of the Simulation, one of the displays containing a gargoyle statue has a plaque describing its nature and purpose along with referring to "the most famous gargoyle" with two words: [[WesternAnimation/Gargoyles [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Keith David and Goliath]].
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''The Talos Principle 2'' is the sequel to [[VideoGame/TheTalosPrinciple the original game]], and like the first game, is a first-person puzzle game by Creator/{{Croteam}}, though this time developed using UsefulNotes/UnrealEngine 5 rather than Croteam's in-house engine.
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''The Talos Principle 2'' is the sequel to [[VideoGame/TheTalosPrinciple the original game]], and like the first game, is a first-person puzzle game by Creator/{{Croteam}}, though this time developed using UsefulNotes/UnrealEngine MediaNotes/UnrealEngine 5 rather than Croteam's in-house engine.
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* BrokenSystemDogmatist: Mayor Hermanubis is a supporter the isolationism, believing the Founder intended for new humans to remain in New Jerusalem and cause no harm to the outside world. He discourages exploration despite it being clear that the city is running out of resources, but allows Byron's expedition to confirm if the Megastructure is a threat or not, as long as they don't pursue its technology. Near the end he admits he values everyone's safety even if he has to be the contrarian and wouldn't mind if he doesn't win the next elections.
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* DontCallMeSir: In chapter 5, [[spoiler:if Byron was elected as mayor, Yaqut calls him "Mr. Mayor, sir". When Byron tells him not to, he replies, "Of course, Mr. Mayor, sir, I won't."]]
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The game was announced on May 24, 2023 for PC, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, and later its release date announced for November 2nd, 2023.
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The game was announced on May 24, 2023 for PC, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 Platform/PlayStation5 and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS, and later its release date announced for November 2nd, 2023.
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* AllTheWorldsAreAStage: The final puzzle includes all mechanics introduced in the game plus the new gimmick.
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* SoreLoser: When you finally [[spoiler:free Byron, Pandora tries to stop you by electrocuting you just to have the last word, which fails to kill you but stops the progress for a few weeks. Not even Thecla, who is openly hostile, does anything to 1k aside cursing him.]]
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* InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves: The cast heavily emphasizes the human civilization is at fault for getting destroyed the virus. What actually happened isn't clear, but it's implied general lack of security measures and disinterest of people of influence, even when the population was radically declining the Institute for Applied Noematics still got threats by protestors, against the only thing that did manage to keep the history going.
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* BeYourself: A secondary theme in the game is who should be making the deductions and the decisions, the authorities, some chosen one, or everyone by themselves, heavily leaning on the last one.
