14-02-2026, 01:50 AM
I like to compare the search for the meaning of the Voynich MS text with the search for an item that you are convinced is somewhere in your house, but after several days you still can't find it.
Who hasn't been there?
In that (second) situation, who hasn't also thought at some point: "Well, I don't need to look in that closet, because it just can't be there."
The historical / origin part of the "Chinese" theory is extremely unlikely to me. As Stolfi knows very well, I have held this opinion for the last 25 years or so. But is that sufficient just to ignore some pecualiar statistics?
This is all about the text. If a good match is found, one can start to worry how it got into the MS.
Who hasn't been there?
In that (second) situation, who hasn't also thought at some point: "Well, I don't need to look in that closet, because it just can't be there."
The historical / origin part of the "Chinese" theory is extremely unlikely to me. As Stolfi knows very well, I have held this opinion for the last 25 years or so. But is that sufficient just to ignore some pecualiar statistics?
This is all about the text. If a good match is found, one can start to worry how it got into the MS.