02-04-2020, 08:09 PM
Hello Rich,
I admit that I addressed your points only too briefly:
What I meant is that all your arguments are non-sequiturs. The observations do not logically lead to the conclusion, or even that the letter being a fake is more likely.
All of them have completely natural possible explanations. It is only if one is convinced that the item is a fake, that one would see an argument for it in these points.
Now since the item cannot be a fake, the right conclusion from each of them it the alternative one.
As a general clarification, we simply do not know where it was found by Voynich, when, under which conditions, what happened with it from 1665 to, say, 1969.
Who knows, it may have been contained inside the cover, under the paste-downs.
Who knows how many times it has been re-folded since 1665 ???
One cannot conclude anything from these unknowns.
I will not try to avoid the unavoidable.
I admit that I addressed your points only too briefly:
(30-03-2020, 07:33 PM)ReneZ wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I am sorry to point out that none of the above points tell me that the letter would be a fake. It simply does not follow from any of them.
What I meant is that all your arguments are non-sequiturs. The observations do not logically lead to the conclusion, or even that the letter being a fake is more likely.
All of them have completely natural possible explanations. It is only if one is convinced that the item is a fake, that one would see an argument for it in these points.
Now since the item cannot be a fake, the right conclusion from each of them it the alternative one.
As a general clarification, we simply do not know where it was found by Voynich, when, under which conditions, what happened with it from 1665 to, say, 1969.
Who knows, it may have been contained inside the cover, under the paste-downs.
Who knows how many times it has been re-folded since 1665 ???
One cannot conclude anything from these unknowns.
Quote:otherwise I will have to consider them unaddressed
I will not try to avoid the unavoidable.