(09-06-2024, 03:11 PM)tavie wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

(09-06-2024, 12:56 PM)Mark Knowles wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Rene generally avoids stating theories, which means he is rarely criticised on the basis of those theories, which is convenient; if you rarely stick your head above the parapet then you are unlikely to get shot down. 

I have a lot of respect for those few who have been studying Voynichese for many years and have somehow managed not to fall into the giant trap at the start of the Voynich labyrinth, and also somehow the sneakier traps lying after it. I would like - but without much hope - to be like them in the future!  Many public theories so far seem to share the same trait of their supporting evidence being inversely proportionate to their owner's degree of certainty.  Not joining them doesn't seem to me to signify cowardice.

(09-06-2024, 03:17 PM)Koen G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

(09-06-2024, 03:11 PM)tavie wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Many public theories so far seem to share the same trait of their supporting evidence being inversely proportionate to their owner's degree of certainty.  Not joining them doesn't seem to me to signify cowardice.

Exactly. As soon as someone becomes too convinced of their own theory, it feels to me like they are trying desperately to sell me some bogus product. Why dig a trench somewhere based on insufficient evidence?