Distinguishing Characters

[Mark Knowles]

However the idea that a cipher as complex as we see in  the Voynich manuscript emerged out of thin air is hard to believe. If it did then I can see the only explanation would be that it was invented by a great genius who was able to make such an intellectual leap out of nowhere.

Or we are seeing emergent behavior, not necessarily intended, from simple rules, easy to apply on the fly, without rewriting, code book, or maths.

It is an intriguing notion, but can you give a practical example or parallel to what you are referring? Otherwise it seems like an imprecise theoretical idea. And why would this phenomenon emerge only once with the Voynich and not independently in other instances?