28-11-2025, 11:41 AM
I looked up palmierite and this is one of the first links: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
How does a random reference to the Voynich end up there? Probably taken from the Wiki...
Even if actual palmierite were found in the VM, it's so random and confusing to introduce that into a three-sentence stub about the mineral.
Stolfi: I see what you're saying here, and I agree that we must think of this as the output of software rather than something proclaimed by a learned professor. However, I think the writer was still correct in including this sentence. If the reading is consistent with something that is possibly palmierite, then that information should not be omitted just because the "possibly" is a more like a "probably not". If it turns out that the VM was made with materials from one of these rare palmierite places, then having omitted this possibility from the report would be seen as negligent.
I wonder with minerals like these, do they have to come from a natural deposit? Or can trace amounts be explained by some chemical processes taking place during ink preparation, with contaminants etc?
How does a random reference to the Voynich end up there? Probably taken from the Wiki...
Even if actual palmierite were found in the VM, it's so random and confusing to introduce that into a three-sentence stub about the mineral.
Stolfi: I see what you're saying here, and I agree that we must think of this as the output of software rather than something proclaimed by a learned professor. However, I think the writer was still correct in including this sentence. If the reading is consistent with something that is possibly palmierite, then that information should not be omitted just because the "possibly" is a more like a "probably not". If it turns out that the VM was made with materials from one of these rare palmierite places, then having omitted this possibility from the report would be seen as negligent.
I wonder with minerals like these, do they have to come from a natural deposit? Or can trace amounts be explained by some chemical processes taking place during ink preparation, with contaminants etc?