The Voynich Ninja

The Russian press does not shun strong language: the Izvestia's title says "Non-scientific sensation: the decipherer of the Voynich Manuscript turned out a swindler".

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(25-05-2019, 03:46 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The Russian press does not shun strong language: the Izvestia's title says "Non-scientific sensation: the decipherer of the Voynich Manuscript turned out a swindler".

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A bit surprisingly but a very good survey from official media, especially for non-specialist (and link to JKP’s blog is present )

Very reasonable approach to terminological problems from article’s expert: on the one hand “proto-Romance” is said to be acceptable as synonym for “colloqial Latin”, on the other hand improper use of “diphthong” shows scientific level of the author.

By the way, many reports state that Cheshire is a linguist (and I was also fooled by that) - he is not. He is PhD in Human Behavioural Ecology, MPhil is Insect Ecology and BSc in Anthropology. Here's his LinkedIn page: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

(He still promotes his "solution", that's very funny).

Anton Wrote:(He still promotes his "solution", that's very funny).

I agree with what David wrote above:

(16-05-2019, 11:07 AM)davidjackson Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Gerald doesn't care - he's now famous and this will no doubt be a good stepping stone in his career.

The fake news business is booming. Cheshire can hope to soon have a much more remunerative occupation than whatever he does at the University of Bristol.

Well, AFAIK he's a writer and and published many books, so...

For the record, here are a couple more articles...

Scroll down to Decoding an Enigma:

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Plaza radio Apple podcast (I like the title, the most solved manuscript):

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Unfortunately, on my screen, the content vanishes (I'll have to try a different browser or a different computer), but it might work on yours.

I notice quite a few countries posting about Cheshire now.

Italy (May 26):

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Slovenia?

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Scandinavia (about half-way down):

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The one from Napoli really adds insult to injury:

"La notizia è stata accolta con entusiasmo dalla comunità scientifica, che da tempo s’interrogava invano sul testo"

Well, this bloke is so upset its "mundane human truths" have been revealed that he's about to... well, I don't know what.

He'll be delighted when he reads this thread!
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Quote:Lo cerré y, pasando la mano por el lomo, no pude evitar sentir una sensación de vacío. El manuscrito Voynich ha dejado de ser una isla desierta, una anomalía de la historia. Su contenido tiene el mismo valor simbólico que una elaborada lista de la compra. Y me entero a estas alturas de la vida. Una auténtica putada.

Well "una sensación de vacío" is an appropriate reaction but not for those reasons.