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Binkie The Clown

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8. I'm skeptical.

Sun Sep 10, 2017, 12:32 PM

Sep 2017

I want to see more than an abbreviation here and there. I want to see a complete interlinear gloss, generally accepted by other qualified linguists before I'll believe it's been "decoded". I've seen too many fanciful and sensationalist claims made by others regarding this manuscript, the Rongorongo script, the Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, Linear-A, the Cypro-Minoan syllabary, and even code systems like Chaocipher (which was finally solved in 2013).

I have a keen interest in cryptography and linguistics so I follow these developments closely. I look forward to reading more about this claimed Voynich solution, so I can check it against my own (digital) copy of the Voynich manuscript.

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They survive on the old conclusion...you can't prove a negative. Wounded Bear Sep 2017 #7

so cool ProfessorPlum Sep 2017 #3

Thanks for the post AnotherDreamWeaver Sep 2017 #4

I'm skeptical. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #8

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