(28-11-2025, 11:41 AM)Koen G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.and I agree that we must think of this as the output of software rather than something proclaimed by a learned professor.
Just for the record, and without any animosity, I disagree with this.
All this was ages before AI, and all was done by humans with very specific knowledge, interpreting and evaluating data. The analysis of the Voynich MS was quite a high-profile activity, and not the only high-profile activity of McCrone.
If another materials scientist were to challenge the results, then I would listen.
In the present scenario - not.
If the report says: "possibly minor amounts of lead sulfide and palmierite", and the amateur response is: no, definitely not, then that does not look like a winning argument to me.