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Peter Bakker on the VMS - bi3mw - 03-08-2020
Here is an article by Peter Bakker, a linguist at Aarhus University. Even though his conclusion is a bit "self explaining" ( "The mere fact that it has not been decoded, means that it is not decodable"), I think the article is worth reading as a summary.
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RE: Peter Bakker on the VMS - Ruby Novacna - 03-08-2020
Sorry, this article is one more example that it is not enough to be a linguist in a university to be able to provide relevant information.
RE: Peter Bakker on the VMS - bi3mw - 03-08-2020
About Bakker`s "anti attitude" concerning decryption one can have a fundamentally different opinion. Also this statement seems to me to be totally exaggerated:
"Almost all other things you find on the net are written by cranks."
RE: Peter Bakker on the VMS - Koen G - 03-08-2020
That sounds like something a crank would say.
RE: Peter Bakker on the VMS - ReneZ - 03-08-2020
Depends on how one defines 'almost'.
RE: Peter Bakker on the VMS - MarcoP - 03-08-2020
The Bakker-Ardıç combination makes me want to look for a different hobby.
RE: Peter Bakker on the VMS - bi3mw - 03-08-2020
Don't let them stop you, Marco.
You regularly show that one can do good work with the manuscript.
RE: Peter Bakker on the VMS - MichelleL11 - 03-08-2020
I read this a while ago and thought it has a feel of “sour grapes” to me. Needless to say, I would not be inviting Bakker to my Voynich Manhattan project compound. (see Save the World string for reference).
RE: Peter Bakker on the VMS - Anton - 03-08-2020
Quote:in most languages, for example, no word can end in -tr
Interestingly, in Russian there are words ending with "-tr". They are all borrowed and omit the "e" present in other languages. E.g. theatre, centre, sceptre and Burgermeister all end with "-tr" in Russian.
RE: Peter Bakker on the VMS - -JKP- - 03-08-2020
(03-08-2020, 06:34 PM)MarcoP Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
The Bakker-Ardıç combination makes me want to look for a different hobby.
I sometimes feel this way as well but then I remember that there are also good researchers (like MarcoP).