Writing papers about the Voynich MS

[ReneZ]

If I wanted to write a paper about molecular biology, I better have a relevant degree and I better know the relevant recent publications on this topic.

The same is true for physical geodesy, history of astronomy or pediatric cardiology.
And many other subjects.

You simply cannot expect to publish anything in an area in which you cannot demonstrate prior knowledge.

This is obviously different with the Voynich MS.
New publications (almost always outside the academic world) appear at an amazing rate, and it is exceptional if they demonstrate any attempt from the author(s) to get themselves even basically familiar with the topic.

This is nothing new. I have seen this for 10-15 years now. In the earlier days, people would actually use the excuse that they did this, in order not to be biased and to have an independent view, but nowadays this is simply passed over.

There are a lot of clever people interested in the text statistics of the MS, but how can they be made to look at earlier research, and take lessons from that?