Voynich Decoded

[asteckley]

[quote="tavie" pid='65737' dateline='1744661478']
...how really the odds are massively against any solution being correct, because there is is this trap in the Voynich that causes people to believe they have solved it when they haven't.

As Koen says, I do think the Solveritis phenomenon is more prevalent for the Voynich, at least for the moment, because the manuscript is more accessible.

True, the increase in  accessibility (since the digital images became available via the Internet) is a big factor. But I still think the Voynich, if anything, would present LESS of a trap because of its size. (Or should be less if the "trap" resides in the puzzle as opposed to being in the Solveritis suffererer's mindset).
With unsolved problems of this kind (i.e.. effectively a cryptogram), I look at it like this: To find an apparent solution with something like Z340, you must have an idea that works CONSISTENTLY across 340 characters. But to do that with the Voynich, you must have an idea that works consistently across ~190,000 characters (or so). 
So the reason we have so many delusional solutions is because the requirement of "consistency" is simply thrown out the window (which is something done by the solver -- not as a property of the puzzle.)