He's already admitted on Reddit and on Nick's blog, not long ago, that he not only uses anagrams to scoot the Morse code dots around, but he also relies on assuming random assignments (according to Tom, Wilfrid Voynich supposedly created this Morse code randomizable [one way] cipher).
In other words, you can shuffle the dots to create whichever letters you want, then generate a list, then pick whichever words off the list you think might make something close to real words.
He's presented the same basic ideas in earlier books and on the forum. This one isn't any different. It relies on subjective shuffling and interpretation.
Here's how it works:
It's essentially the same as his previous "Welsh numerology" book. He changed the Welsh into Italian, and the numerology (where you add up the sum of the letters and make a list of words that match the sum and then pick the ones you want) into Morse code.
In other words, you can shuffle the dots to create whichever letters you want, then generate a list, then pick whichever words off the list you think might make something close to real words.
He's presented the same basic ideas in earlier books and on the forum. This one isn't any different. It relies on subjective shuffling and interpretation.
Here's how it works:
- convert the letters into Morse code using a substitution cipher
- shuffle the Morse code dots around until you get letters that enable you to create a list of Italian-sounding words from which to choose
- pick the words that go best with the picture or which seem more like phrases
- don't worry about the bad (non-existent) grammar, Tom says Wilfrid may have intentionally scrambled the grammar to throw people off the track
It's essentially the same as his previous "Welsh numerology" book. He changed the Welsh into Italian, and the numerology (where you add up the sum of the letters and make a list of words that match the sum and then pick the ones you want) into Morse code.