[VM DAY] State of the Voynich 2024

[Pepper]

I think it is fine, most people will go for 50 is they don't know / don't care / have no opinion. I will just alter Emma's zero's and we're good.

I didn't put a number against my "no opinions" but happy for you to log mine as 50% too.

[Koen G]

Thanks, guys! We're at 21 now, one more to beat 2020

[Ruby Novacna]

I counted 22.

[Koen G]

I counted 22.

Does that count include Cvetka? I cannot use her answers since she misinterpreted the format.

[Ruby Novacna]

I don't see too much difference with the other answers:
1. 100
2. 10
3. 100
4.90
5. 100
6.80?
7.70
8.90
9.90
10. 1
11. 100
12.100
13. 100
14.80
15. 100
16. 0
17. 0
Of course, it would be better if Cvetka herself presented this.

[asteckley]

1. 30%. Voynichese text, or part of it, contains (semantic) meaning.
   
2. 1%.   The contents have been enciphered with simple substitution or something close to it.
   
3. 15%. The contents have been enciphered using a more complex cipher.
   
4. 14%. The contents have been obscured, but not by means of a cipher.  (Sum of #2,#3,#4 need to be equal to #1)
   
5.  10% The images match the text
   
6. 40% The plants are meant to refer to real plants
   
7. 50% The majority of the plants is exotic from a European perspective (Asian, African, American...)
   
8. 50% The images have been made ambiguous or otherwise strange to conceal their true meaning
   
9. 50% Alchemy is an important part of the MS.
   
10. 50% Astronomy and/or astrology are an important part of the MS.
    
11. 50% Medicine an important part of the MS.
    
12. 70% The MS is the creative product of one mind, i.e. an author. (Taking into account the possibility that one or more scribes helped to fashion the physical manuscript)
    
13. 60% The MS is authored by a known historical figure. Let's define "known" as "has a Wikipedia entry".
    
14. 25% One day, we will be able to read the MS.
    
15. 10% There will be a breakthrough in Voynich studies in 2024-2025.
    
16. 60% The MS is some kind of hoax (i.e. the main motivation for making it was to deceive others).
    
17. 100% Have (part of) your views about the MS changed notably over the last few years?  (This seems to be a yes or no question.)
    

[Koen G]

Thanks, Andrew!
For anyone who hasn't replied yet, you have one week left.

[WhiteLilacs]

1. 100%
2. 2%
3. 98%
4. 3%
5. 90%
6. 90%
7. 10%
8. 95%
9. 30%
10. 70%
11. 100%
12. 100%
13. 5%
14. 100%
15. 80%
16. 0%
17. 100%

Kind regards,
Anastasia.

[julian]

1. 100% Voynichese text, or part of it, contains (semantic) meaning.
   
2. 10% The contents have been enciphered with simple substitution or something close to it.
   
3. 80% The contents have been enciphered using a more complex cipher.
   
4. 50% The contents have been obscured, but not by means of a cipher.
   
5. 80% The images match the text
   
6. 90% The plants are meant to refer to real plants
   
7. 10% The majority of the plants is exotic from a European perspective (Asian, African, American...)
   
8. 10% The images have been made ambiguous or otherwise strange to conceal their true meaning
   
9. 20% Alchemy is an important part of the MS.
   
10. 90% Astronomy and/or astrology are an important part of the MS.
    
11. 90% Medicine an important part of the MS.
    
12. 50% The MS is the creative product of one mind, i.e. an author. (Taking into account the possibility that one or more scribes helped to fashion the physical manuscript)
    
13. 5% The MS is authored by a known historical figure. Let's define "known" as "has a Wikipedia entry".
    
14. 95% One day, we will be able to read the MS.
    
15. 10% There will be a breakthrough in Voynich studies in 2024-2025.
    
16. 0% The MS is some kind of hoax (i.e. the main motivation for making it was to deceive others).
    
17. 10% Have (part of) your views about the MS changed notably over the last few years?
    

[Linguistics of Flowers]

1. 0%
2. 100.?
3. ?
4. 0%
5. 0%
6. ?
7. 50% Alchemy
8. 100% Astronomy and/or 0%
9. 15% Medicine
10. 0%
11. ?
12. 100 ?
13. 100 ?
14. 0%
15. 0%