30-04-2021, 07:41 PM
JKP, I’ve noticed since my earliest days as a lurker that the Voynich scene is politically interesting, and a bit of an acquired taste. It’s a great demonstration of the Prisoner’s Dilemma: Many incentives for researchers to be open about their work, and at least equally as many incentives for researchers to be cagey. This is a treasure hunt, after all, and if and when the VMs is solved, one person will likely get most of the credit. Alliances, offhand info leaks, and debts of gratitude have the potential to make claiming credit for the solution mighty complicated. Then there’s the fact that the barrier to entry is so low, while the barrier to real progress so high, which makes anyone who’s made any real progress on the VMs quite wary of freeloaders.
No one is obligated to share anything here, and I think anyone who takes more of a spectator or cheerleader role in this treasure hunt would be wise to keep this in mind.
No one is obligated to share anything here, and I think anyone who takes more of a spectator or cheerleader role in this treasure hunt would be wise to keep this in mind.