The Voynich Ninja

If it is an experiment, he crossed various ethical lines in my opinion. He was writing crappy VM papers before the Romance studies publication. For those, he built a website to be able to pretend that the paper had been published somewhere. He then sent out the paper to about anyone involved in Voynich studies. When offered constructive criticism, his replies were very insulting.

So I think even if he decided to recycle his Voynich experiences into a social experiment, he wouldn't be able to publish about it because it is so full of questionable decisions and missteps (remember when it was found out that he was defending himself under a fake name on Nick's site). I'm pretty sure it's a genuine case of Champollion delusion.

Popular science page IFLScience just reposted their article about Cheshire's paper without much of a critical note, exposing it again as the truth to millions of viewers. This will never end...

(02-06-2020, 08:25 AM)Koen G Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Popular science page IFLScience just reposted their article about Cheshire's paper without much of a critical note, exposing it again as the truth to millions of viewers. This will never end...

Wow. This is a great example of how fake news works. Pop science is a lot like pop music — being heard has much to do with being connected to the right people, and little to do with being good.

It has no value to me. He's a writer. He needs attention.
There's another writer who's tried Morse code.
It seems to be just an occupational disease.