[Article] What Will It Take to Solve the Voynich Manuscript?

[ReneZ]

The idea that today someone is studying the Voynich manuscript without knowing of past efforts is therefore unreasonable.

Unfortunately, reality seems to be the opposite, as unreasonable as it may seem.

The majority of people that have proposed solutions in the past few years are unaware of the important statistical properties of the text, and of past research in general.

I have read numerous papers (not to mention blog posts) where it was stated that this was done in order to be able to have a 'fresh look' (or some similar terminology).

For scientific publications, knowledge of relevant past work in the area is an absolute prerequisite.