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It's remarkable how many parallels there often are. One day I'd like to do a video about "the psychology of the Voynich solver", but it would come with some challenges.

One is that I would not like to single out individuals. This could be avoided by focusing on common behaviors and mechanisms.
The other is that I'd like to talk to or interview some expert about this, but I'm not yet sure what I'm looking for (and who would be willing to do this). There are probably significant parallels with conspiracy theories, but also differences.

Yes. I've been active in the skeptic community since the early 2000s, studied and debunked many cases especially UFO-related. Retired in 2015 from active debunking after a big one (made international news!) I prefer to be a part of the much less toxic Voynich community.

Without going too deep into psychology (we are not psychologists), one remarkable thing is the truther mindset, impervious to contrary evidence that is so prevalent in conspiracy/crank theory proponents. Their "theory" is The Truth. Anything that can be linked to it (or imagined to be a link) is seen as a confirmation and only confirmation matters.