Discussion of "A possible generating algorithm of the Voynich manuscript"

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Keep in mind that there is also the gradual evolution from Currier A to Currier B. Moreover, tokens with high structural similarity appear preferably in close vicinity of each other. In other words, the chance that two tokens share structural similarities decreases with the distance between these two tokens.

Hello Torsten,

I like the title of the article "A possible generating algorithm..." but I don't agree with the emphasis on meaningless "self-citation". Isn't it an argument from ignorance to assume that only meaningless "self-citation" is possible or probable to account for these findings? They could be explained as well by the rule of least effort in a cipher where each vord (Voynichese word) is chosen among many possibilities and reusing a vord with little or no modification is quicker than generating a completely different vord from scratch. (Exactly the type of cipher that I have been studying since 2017.)