I'll agree that a complex cypher is improbable around the time the VMS was made. The ones I've seen from that time period are pretty straightforward.
But what Mozart did was improbable too—composing symphonies at the age of four. It's possible he was terrible at art, terrible at business, terrible at business, terrible at many things, but he had a gift for music. Maybe the VMS author had a gift for certain kinds of symbolic thinking.
But what Mozart did was improbable too—composing symphonies at the age of four. It's possible he was terrible at art, terrible at business, terrible at business, terrible at many things, but he had a gift for music. Maybe the VMS author had a gift for certain kinds of symbolic thinking.