State of the Voynich 2020

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1. Does the text contain any meaning?  YES
   
   
2. Has the text been purposefully enciphered to conceal its meaning?  YES
   
   
3. Do the images match the text?                             Hmmmmmm. I really don't know........ but I'm leaning toward YES
   
   
4. Are the plants meant to refer to real plants?   !!!!               You mean ALL of them? They aren't necessarily all the same.        YES
   
   
5. Is the majority of the plants exotic from a European perspective (Asian, African, American...)?  NO!
   
   
6. Have the images been made ambiguous or otherwise strange to conceal their true meaning?  YES
   
   
7. Is alchemy an important part of the manuscript?  NO
   
   
8. Is astronomy and/or astrology an important part of the MS?  YES
   
   
9. Is medicine an important part of the MS?                   I don't know.....     I have to choose?    I used to think it was. I've changed my mind. Maybe minor importance.   NO
   
   
10. Is the MS the creative product of one mind, i.e. an author? (Taking into account the possibility that one or more scribes helped to fashion the physical manuscript). NO
    
    
11. Is the MS authored by a known historical figure?   NO
    
    
12. Will we ever be able to read the MS?   YES
    
    
13. Will there be any breakthrough in Voynich studies in 2020?   YES
    
    
14. Is the MS any kind of hoax?    Hmmmmmm.   NO
    
    
15. Have (part of) your views about the MS changed notably over the last few years?   Hmmmm. Notably. Not really. Details, yes. Notably...   NO