08-04-2016, 02:53 PM
With "know" I mean "am willing to assume with some certainty at the moment".
This is a very tricky line to walk, especially in Voynich studies. Personally, I need a temporary assumption as a foothold. It helps me think :
It's a shame that many people see it as a bad thing when they have to admit that they were wrong about something. Abandoning previous assumptions is, to me, the way science works. So when I can drop a naive initial thought and assume a more informed one, I'm happy to do so.
I said that for now I prefer a Byzantine background for my thoughts, but that is not certain at all. There were so many areas on the trade routes where Greek was spoken as the main language, and even more where it was spoken by some. The Byzantine theory suffers from similar problems as the European one. Not in the least, the question: where is Jesus in the Voynich? Where are the saints and winged angels?
You are right that I shouldn't say "know". Let's say I have very strong suspicions about the linguistic components, stronger than those about the exact historical background. I mainly offer the Byzantium example as a possible setting.
This is a very tricky line to walk, especially in Voynich studies. Personally, I need a temporary assumption as a foothold. It helps me think :
It's a shame that many people see it as a bad thing when they have to admit that they were wrong about something. Abandoning previous assumptions is, to me, the way science works. So when I can drop a naive initial thought and assume a more informed one, I'm happy to do so.
I said that for now I prefer a Byzantine background for my thoughts, but that is not certain at all. There were so many areas on the trade routes where Greek was spoken as the main language, and even more where it was spoken by some. The Byzantine theory suffers from similar problems as the European one. Not in the least, the question: where is Jesus in the Voynich? Where are the saints and winged angels?
You are right that I shouldn't say "know". Let's say I have very strong suspicions about the linguistic components, stronger than those about the exact historical background. I mainly offer the Byzantium example as a possible setting.