30-04-2025, 05:44 PM
(30-04-2025, 01:36 PM)tavie wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I'd agree with you if it weren't for the fact that qualifying for the list effectively means death in terms of Voynich research. Solvers fall into the big hole and they don't climb back out again. They are irrevocably wedded to their conclusions and don't change their minds, so they have closed the door to finding the actual solution (assuming one exists). It's a giant, massive trap that people should be warned about again and again.
I don't think discouraging people from publishing their complete solutions helps Voynich research either. It's quite possible that among the solutions already on the list there are a few that got some of the details right. Who knows. And someone looking through them might have an aha moment. If people stop proposing solutions out of fear of getting on the list, some of their insights will likely left unsaid. I think I have seen examples where a completely unrealistic solution attempt included a few unexpected and intriguing observations. The very necessity to publish a complete piece of a solution as opposed to some rambling remarks here and there, may make the author think a bit deeper.