15-05-2019, 09:03 AM
JKP: When you say: "Maybe the similarity in shape is part of some personal symbol system of the creator." Well, could that again be true of any shape whether it be "o", "a" or "8"?
Yes, B and P have the different meaning, but are similar shapes, but I don't think that is what we are talking about here. If I draw a large B on a piece of we will say it corresponds to the letter "B" not that it is a modified "P". I am asking for the same standard that we employ with other shapes whether in the Voynich or elsewhere, not a philosophical discussion about what we meam by a symbol or shape.
You are right we have moved less far from Occam's razor than in the other cases with your obscuration, but we have moved from Occam's razor all the same.
Yes, B and P have the different meaning, but are similar shapes, but I don't think that is what we are talking about here. If I draw a large B on a piece of we will say it corresponds to the letter "B" not that it is a modified "P". I am asking for the same standard that we employ with other shapes whether in the Voynich or elsewhere, not a philosophical discussion about what we meam by a symbol or shape.
You are right we have moved less far from Occam's razor than in the other cases with your obscuration, but we have moved from Occam's razor all the same.