-JKP- > 01-08-2020, 02:04 AM
Mark Knowles > 01-08-2020, 12:50 PM
(31-07-2020, 11:18 PM)davidjackson Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The simplest solution to the voynich - taking into account all the current most popular hypothesis - is that it a mid 15th century book of notes, written by several different people under one guidance (I have my own ideas about why this would be). Why the script? Again, several different ideas, but not relevant here.
So, fun? No. This concept as outlined above is outside the mindset of the era. It is also a hypothesis that does not obey Occam's razor.
Mark Knowles > 01-08-2020, 12:55 PM
(01-08-2020, 02:04 AM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I have a list of possible creators and reasons for existence of the VMS, but my favorite one is still my first impression... that this is a book of knowledge (an abridged version) and that it might never have been finished.
-JKP- > 01-08-2020, 10:34 PM
Mark Knowles > 02-08-2020, 09:21 AM
(01-08-2020, 10:34 PM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Intellectual curiosity is about observing and studying.
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Creating a book takes months or years and requires a dozen skills.
Koen G > 02-08-2020, 10:05 AM
Mark Knowles > 02-08-2020, 10:36 AM
(02-08-2020, 10:05 AM)Koen G Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Copernicus was born in a completely different world than the makers of the Voynich.
-JKP- > 02-08-2020, 01:34 PM
Mark Knowles > 02-08-2020, 02:31 PM
(02-08-2020, 01:34 PM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Intellectual pleasure and physical creation and craftsmanship are not the same thing. The number of people who read novels greatly exceeds the number who create them. The number of people who wear clothes greatly exceeds the number of people who know how to design and sew them.
There is an aspect of every craft that is simply hard work, no matter how much you enjoy some aspects of the process and, if it goes well... the final result.
One of my friends who is a painter, quite a good one, said, "The general public has no idea how many paintings you have to throw out before you finish one that works."
Musicians understand how many hours of practice it takes in order to play well. Ten years of violin practice and you are still essentially a beginner.