01-03-2020, 02:06 PM
If it is an experiment, he crossed various ethical lines in my opinion. He was writing crappy VM papers before the Romance studies publication. For those, he built a website to be able to pretend that the paper had been published somewhere. He then sent out the paper to about anyone involved in Voynich studies. When offered constructive criticism, his replies were very insulting.
So I think even if he decided to recycle his Voynich experiences into a social experiment, he wouldn't be able to publish about it because it is so full of questionable decisions and missteps (remember when it was found out that he was defending himself under a fake name on Nick's site). I'm pretty sure it's a genuine case of Champollion delusion.
So I think even if he decided to recycle his Voynich experiences into a social experiment, he wouldn't be able to publish about it because it is so full of questionable decisions and missteps (remember when it was found out that he was defending himself under a fake name on Nick's site). I'm pretty sure it's a genuine case of Champollion delusion.