[VM DAY] State of the Voynich 2024

[asteckley]

1. 30%. Voynichese text, or part of it, contains (semantic) meaning.
   
2. 1%.   The contents have been enciphered with simple substitution or something close to it.
   
3. 15%. The contents have been enciphered using a more complex cipher.
   
4. 14%. The contents have been obscured, but not by means of a cipher.  (Sum of #2,#3,#4 need to be equal to #1)
   
5.  10% The images match the text
   
6. 40% The plants are meant to refer to real plants
   
7. 50% The majority of the plants is exotic from a European perspective (Asian, African, American...)
   
8. 50% The images have been made ambiguous or otherwise strange to conceal their true meaning
   
9. 50% Alchemy is an important part of the MS.
   
10. 50% Astronomy and/or astrology are an important part of the MS.
    
11. 50% Medicine an important part of the MS.
    
12. 70% The MS is the creative product of one mind, i.e. an author. (Taking into account the possibility that one or more scribes helped to fashion the physical manuscript)
    
13. 60% The MS is authored by a known historical figure. Let's define "known" as "has a Wikipedia entry".
    
14. 25% One day, we will be able to read the MS.
    
15. 10% There will be a breakthrough in Voynich studies in 2024-2025.
    
16. 60% The MS is some kind of hoax (i.e. the main motivation for making it was to deceive others).
    
17. 100% Have (part of) your views about the MS changed notably over the last few years?  (This seems to be a yes or no question.)