[Interview] An interview with Stephen Bax

[Torsten]

Any method is good enough

if it proofs the solution can be found

The method of deciphering is important. A script is a complex system. It is necessary to observe the small and delicate features of this system to get a basic understanding of it and to find some clues. 

To make some guesses and see if they work is not a good idea. It is always possible to change the rules or to add some exceptions to make your guesses work. For this reason a would be decipherer normally will tell you that he was trying something and that his idea fits to good to be wrong. Or he would refuse to describe the way for his decipherment.