23-08-2020, 01:14 PM
I have read the clever article by the linguist Peter Bakker and his bleak conclusion: the Voynich is a joke or a hoax, fake text. It's the opinion of many other people.
I am very afraid that this will be the opinion that ends up prevailing in the future. And it will be a shame because many of us in this forum think, as Friedman did, that the VM had a meaning for its creator or creators
My theory may not be correct but what I hold firmly and believe that it is not taken into account is that the VM is a science book with magical content. The script and illustrations try to explain how the hidden powers of nature work.
That can only be explained with an invented language, a special code. No known communication system can account for this mystery. That's the magic at work. We who believe in science and its exciting history should understand this.
What would a medieval man think if he saw Maxwell's equations that explain electromagnetism?
Wouldn't he think that this is a magic formula to explain the hidden powers of nature?
I am very afraid that this will be the opinion that ends up prevailing in the future. And it will be a shame because many of us in this forum think, as Friedman did, that the VM had a meaning for its creator or creators
My theory may not be correct but what I hold firmly and believe that it is not taken into account is that the VM is a science book with magical content. The script and illustrations try to explain how the hidden powers of nature work.
That can only be explained with an invented language, a special code. No known communication system can account for this mystery. That's the magic at work. We who believe in science and its exciting history should understand this.
What would a medieval man think if he saw Maxwell's equations that explain electromagnetism?
Wouldn't he think that this is a magic formula to explain the hidden powers of nature?