25-12-2016, 09:50 AM
(24-12-2016, 03:55 AM)ThomasCoon wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(23-12-2016, 10:05 AM)bunny wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(23-12-2016, 03:03 AM)ThomasCoon wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I think this is the part where I am not convinced - earlier in this thread, Stellar translated the first page of the Voynich Manuscript as the book of Genesis. Using his method, I could take the exact same set of 5 words and create: "Eighteen men escape Atlanta Georgia on bridge"You can pull out anything because you are pulling out random words, as you clearly demonstrate. That is not the same as what others have done in recognizing the theme in the haystack.
"Crazy deer cause abominations on path."
"Common men used Geico."
This is why it's hard for me to believe the translations have "a common thread of subject matter" but I am open to considering it.
I know few would consider this has anything to do with the correct solution but what if it is right, what if the solution defies what is conventionally expected? I guess we will just keep working on what is a fringe approach. What it yields is not going to be relevant for most people. To boot I think the people the manuscript was actually written for have forgotten how to read their own book.
You are right, I did use a random string of 5 words. However, I'm not convinced that there is a common theme when you translate longer selections either. I You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. that I could translate a whole section of text (25 consecutive words) into something wildly different than Stellar - JFK's speech about the moon landing vs. Stellar's book of Genesis. This makes me doubt the "theme in the haystack"
If you could come up with JFK or the Moon landing as you say I would be really interested in that being a comparative result of the method. I look forward to such results as null hypothesis tests.
Whatever our different approaches to the manuscript a Merry Christmas to everyone today!

Bunny

