12-08-2020, 11:17 PM
The Curse is what got me interested in the Voynich (not that I spent money on it, I found it in the Welsh hotel library on a wet Sunday afternoon. Sorry! Should I post you a cheque for the cover price? I feel guilty now that I'm addressing the author!)
Seriously, however:
If I wrote a paper about molecular biology, with no background and reputation in the field, I would never get coverage.
In the Voynich, if I am sufficiently estrambolico, I will become world famous.
Sadly, this is because our media today is forced to publish 24/7 and as such is starved of content. It's more a comment upon the reading public than the idiots who write nonsense about our beloved book.
Seriously, however:
If I wrote a paper about molecular biology, with no background and reputation in the field, I would never get coverage.
In the Voynich, if I am sufficiently estrambolico, I will become world famous.
Sadly, this is because our media today is forced to publish 24/7 and as such is starved of content. It's more a comment upon the reading public than the idiots who write nonsense about our beloved book.