nickpelling > 18-08-2017, 11:21 AM
-JKP- > 18-08-2017, 11:28 AM
Emma May Smith > 18-08-2017, 11:57 AM
(18-08-2017, 11:21 AM)nickpelling Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Voynich research is easy, but constructing a Voynich research programme - by which I mean a concerted attack on an aspect of it that stands a chance of leading to genuine knowledge - is extraordinarily hard.
There's a big difference between the two.
MarcoP > 18-08-2017, 01:25 PM
(12-08-2017, 10:20 AM)ReneZ Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The question I really wanted to address in this post is: how much effort and energy should one put in trying to show that any theory is wrong?
Is it worth the effort?
Koen G > 18-08-2017, 01:55 PM
Torsten > 18-08-2017, 02:40 PM
(18-08-2017, 11:21 AM)nickpelling Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Voynich research is easy, but constructing a Voynich research programme - by which I mean a concerted attack on an aspect of it that stands a chance of leading to genuine knowledge - is extraordinarily hard.
There's a big difference between the two.
nickpelling > 18-08-2017, 04:02 PM
(18-08-2017, 02:40 PM)Torsten Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(18-08-2017, 11:21 AM)nickpelling Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Voynich research is easy, but constructing a Voynich research programme - by which I mean a concerted attack on an aspect of it that stands a chance of leading to genuine knowledge - is extraordinarily hard.
There's a big difference between the two.
If it is extraordinarily hard, a possible reason might be that you are trying to read something into the manuscript that does not exist there.
Torsten > 18-08-2017, 10:02 PM
(18-08-2017, 04:02 PM)nickpelling Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(18-08-2017, 02:40 PM)Torsten Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(18-08-2017, 11:21 AM)nickpelling Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Voynich research is easy, but constructing a Voynich research programme - by which I mean a concerted attack on an aspect of it that stands a chance of leading to genuine knowledge - is extraordinarily hard.
There's a big difference between the two.
If it is extraordinarily hard, a possible reason might be that you are trying to read something into the manuscript that does not exist there.
Planning and acting are two different types of activity. Almost no Voynich research is consciously planned, it's almost all a bunch of people trying stuff on no more than a whim.
VViews > 18-08-2017, 10:45 PM
Koen G > 18-08-2017, 10:58 PM