10-10-2025, 01:58 PM
The reality is that we still don't know what Voynichese is. Simple cipher, complex cipher, glossolalia, generated nonsense, code or a constructed language with mathematical, mystic, religious or philosophical underpinning. We just don't know.
I've noticed when I talk about hypothetical scenarios with scholars, they always think in terms of likelihood. So when Claire says it's probably not a constructed language, this means that the likelihood of it being a constructed language is very low given our knowledge of the MS and the nature of constructed languages around the 15th century.
The fact that she involves later examples strengthens the argument in a way, because it shows that even after the VM was made, the tendencies in constructed languages were still different.
Now again, we don't know what it is, and there is clearly nothing like it. So it could be something more mathematical, but she doesn't think of this as very likely.
To be honest, I don't think anyone knows what is most likely based on historical precedent though.
I've noticed when I talk about hypothetical scenarios with scholars, they always think in terms of likelihood. So when Claire says it's probably not a constructed language, this means that the likelihood of it being a constructed language is very low given our knowledge of the MS and the nature of constructed languages around the 15th century.
The fact that she involves later examples strengthens the argument in a way, because it shows that even after the VM was made, the tendencies in constructed languages were still different.
Now again, we don't know what it is, and there is clearly nothing like it. So it could be something more mathematical, but she doesn't think of this as very likely.
To be honest, I don't think anyone knows what is most likely based on historical precedent though.
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