26-06-2026, 11:41 AM
Bess, what you describe is a common feeling (and complaint) among solvers. They think their theory is so obviously right, that the only possible reasons why someone might reject it either because they have their own theory, or because they don't want the manuscript to be solved.
Imagine 100 mutually incompatible theories have been proposed on the forum. This means that there are at least 99 wrong theories on the forum, right? That's 99 individuals falsely but unwaveringly convinced that they solved the thing. They all think that they're the remaining one that's right! But even if the right one is out there, this still means that we have to explain to 99 people why their theory doesn't work. Over the years, we have become better at understanding what doesn't work at all, so some theories can be rejected within 5 minutes.
They can't all be simultaneously true, right? This isn't a creative writing class. But if you are one of these 100 people who think they have the solution, just know that there are 99 others who feel just like you about their own solution.
The general consensus, not only on the forum but everywhere people still practice critical thinking, is that the manuscript remains unsolved. Not because we don't want it to be solved, but because the solution hasn't been found yet.
I can guarantee you with complete honestly that I want the manuscript to be solved, because I want to enter a new stage of discovery about it. When a crucial breakthrough is made, it will still take years and years to unravel everything, and every answer will bring forth a dozen new exciting questions. If the manuscript is ever solved, we can start the process of understanding it.
Imagine 100 mutually incompatible theories have been proposed on the forum. This means that there are at least 99 wrong theories on the forum, right? That's 99 individuals falsely but unwaveringly convinced that they solved the thing. They all think that they're the remaining one that's right! But even if the right one is out there, this still means that we have to explain to 99 people why their theory doesn't work. Over the years, we have become better at understanding what doesn't work at all, so some theories can be rejected within 5 minutes.
They can't all be simultaneously true, right? This isn't a creative writing class. But if you are one of these 100 people who think they have the solution, just know that there are 99 others who feel just like you about their own solution.
The general consensus, not only on the forum but everywhere people still practice critical thinking, is that the manuscript remains unsolved. Not because we don't want it to be solved, but because the solution hasn't been found yet.
I can guarantee you with complete honestly that I want the manuscript to be solved, because I want to enter a new stage of discovery about it. When a crucial breakthrough is made, it will still take years and years to unravel everything, and every answer will bring forth a dozen new exciting questions. If the manuscript is ever solved, we can start the process of understanding it.


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