08-10-2022, 09:00 PM
(08-10-2022, 06:58 PM)Mark Knowles wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I can think of many topics that could benefit from in depth research into them. For example, it seems clear to me that nobody has made a concerted effort to track down as many as possible of the surviving herbal manuscripts from the time of the Voynich and from say the proceeding century. Someone so doing could then make a systematic comparison of these manuscripts themselves and also with the Voynich and see where it fits into the pattern. Certainly some work has been done in this area, but clearly significantly more could be done.
When we designed this forum years ago, we had something like that in mind - a concerted effort. Hence the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. initiative. Ultimately, time proved it not very popular.
(08-10-2022, 08:52 PM)Mark Knowles wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.No, they are not mutually exclusive. However I still contest that specialisation in Voynich research would push research forward and people, like me, can specialise and still do research as a hobby; specialisation is not something only for full-time professionals.
Effectively you're saying that if people applied their effort more efficiently the Voynich research would benefit. Sounds reasonable, but the fact is that Voynich research is basically a no-commitment endeavour. People do what they like, there's no stimulus for them to change their behaviour.