doranchak > 24-08-2020, 04:24 PM
Quote:I have never seen that discussing any of the above theories brings anything.
-JKP- > 24-08-2020, 04:45 PM
(24-08-2020, 04:19 PM)Mark Knowles Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Mark Knowles > 24-08-2020, 04:49 PM
(24-08-2020, 04:24 PM)doranchak Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Quote:I have never seen that discussing any of the above theories brings anything.
I struggle with this in a general sense.
On the one hand, the proliferation of nonsensical theories starves potentially fruitful theories of oxygen. So, it makes sense to focus efforts entirely on what's fruitful.
On the other hand, when experts ignore this proliferation, the entire field suffers due to broad acceptance of nonsensical theories by the "lay public" depending on which of the theories seizes the popular imagination.
In my other research, I find myself drifting away from analyzing claims by specific people, and more towards highlighting the common mistakes shared by them. It is challenging, though, because any question lacking a solid answer is a vacuum that attracts endless speculations that few people feel disqualified to offer.
Anton > 24-08-2020, 05:01 PM
Mark Knowles > 24-08-2020, 05:03 PM
(24-08-2020, 04:45 PM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(24-08-2020, 04:19 PM)Mark Knowles Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
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I know from your statements that you have not done so as you have said that at most 20% can be matched. Whether someone else has done so it is true I can't say, there may be someone out there who I have never met nor heard of. I haven't kept all of my efforts to myself.
Do you know of anyone who claims to have done systematic small to large plant matching?
(24-08-2020, 05:01 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.But "Voynich Studies" is not really a discipline, is it?
Antonio García Jiménez > 24-08-2020, 06:27 PM
Aga Tentakulus > 24-08-2020, 06:31 PM
Mark Knowles > 24-08-2020, 07:01 PM
(24-08-2020, 06:27 PM)Antonio García Jiménez Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Dear ReneZ:
I felt a little offended to see myself in that list of convicts, especially since you've never come to discuss my ideas and I have always talked about you with the utmost respect.
Apart from the members of this forum, the only people in the world who know it are my wife, my children and some friends.
You won't deny me ReneZ that your case is very special. You are a world celebrity in the Voynich research without having any theory after so many years. So you will never be wrong.
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Anton > 24-08-2020, 07:03 PM
(24-08-2020, 06:27 PM)Antonio García Jiménez Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Dear ReneZ:
I felt a little offended to see myself in that list of convicts
Mark Knowles > 24-08-2020, 07:04 PM
(24-08-2020, 06:31 PM)Aga Tentakulus Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(24-08-2020, 05:03 PM)Mark Knowles Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.If someone has deciphered the manuscript I would think such an academic opening would exist.
Once the VM is decrypted, do we still need an expert? Then it is just a book like many others.