07-02-2016, 12:28 PM
Hi Torsten, thanks for the reply, it clears up a few issues. But my main objection is still outstanding: there is a set of rules which governs the structure of most Voynich words which is not adequately explained.
We either agree there is an underlying structure—which you seem to hint at (2014, p5)—or there is none. Both leave things open to question. When you say that “we only see the changes he has made” or “he only repeated the same ideas most of the time”, you seem to be hedging yourself. You admit that a structure is apparent but that it is actually arbitrary. Can you understand why this is unsatisfying? Given his supposed freedom to alter words, why did he not take it?
We either agree there is an underlying structure—which you seem to hint at (2014, p5)—or there is none. Both leave things open to question. When you say that “we only see the changes he has made” or “he only repeated the same ideas most of the time”, you seem to be hedging yourself. You admit that a structure is apparent but that it is actually arbitrary. Can you understand why this is unsatisfying? Given his supposed freedom to alter words, why did he not take it?
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