The 'Chinese' Theory: For and Against

[tavie]

What is your proof for this assertion?  This seems simply untrue to me.

Why did that "consensus" develop?  There is no clear indication on the VMS that it is encrypted.  

People concluded that it was encrypted with a complex cipher because all attempts to decipher it assuming a simple substitution cipher and any European language failed.  And they did not seriously consider non-European languages because "it is obviously European, idiot"...

This is just repeating the statement that I am questioning your evidence for.  Where is the evidence that a complex cypher consensus exists because (and only because?) people could not decrypt the VM with any European language?

I am doubtful that this consensus exists.  There are very few things we can say about the VM that have consensus.  There are plenty of people - particularly influential voices - who are still open to alternatives, such as that the text is meaningless.  

For those that do think it is likely a cypher, there may be many reasons.  Out of principle, I would not automatically jump to saying they believe this because they have only considered European languages and never considered non-European languages. People here have been open to "non European" languages in the past.  People can and have suspected a cypher based on the nature of the text even when they have not tried to decrypt Voynichese with any language, European or otherwise.