[split] Verbose cipher?

[geoffreycaveney]

I don't think Nick said that wikipedia shouldn't exist. Though I think it is fair to say that the limited nature of the information on wikipedia is insufficient in and of itself to carry out serious Voynich research.

I agree that we all have to look at ourselves well before labeling other researchers to see if we are guilty of the things we accuse them of. I think introspection has its benefits as long as one doesn't overdo it and become neurotic. Nevertheless still it is fair to describe some researchers as "delusional" and "nutters"; for example anyone who thinks that aliens had anything to do with the writing of the Voynich I think one can say fits into that category. To some extent it can be argued that we all lie on a spectrum when it comes to those categories.

One can level criticisms against Nick, as can be leveled at any of us, but "delusional" and "nutter" I can't say ever entered my mind.

Fair enough. I would be willing to add Nahuatl (Aztec) to aliens as theories that verge on the preposterous. (When I study and research Inuktitut (Inuit) in my other linguistic work, I actually find it a relief that I don't have to think, "Hmm, this pattern reminds me of a pattern in the Voynich script," because I know the idea of the Voynich ms in Inuktitut is absurd.) I don't think Nick is delusional. There are other theories I see posted on this forum and other places that I honestly do find preposterous and absurd, but personally I try to avoid labeling their authors as delusional or other such descriptions.