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Voynich Manuscripts Problematic Pipes (2018)
- nyc_pizzadev 8y agoVery compelling theory laid out here: https://youtu.be/4cRlqE3D3RQ https://youtu.be/4cRlqE3D3RQ There have been a few updates since. Very promising stuff.
- mrhappyunhappy 8y agoCare to summarize for those not able to watch a video?
- anotheryou 8y ago[SPOILER] He makes very reasonable guesses on the typography and than on the languages mixed in. He further backs it with some cultural aspects and comes to the conclution that it's probably related to sinti/roma, as their migration route matches the mix of languages.
- mrhappyunhappy 8y agoThank you.
- gypsies 8y agoSo, gypsies.
- gerbilly 8y agoObviously it's unfinished work, but my critique of it would be that so far, he has only attempted to identify individual words. To really be successful, he has to start looking for syntax and grammar in the text. He admits he's not an expert in the language he has deduced the manuscript is written in. Maybe somebody else who is an expert in that family of languages needs to pick it up from here.
- nyc_pizzadev 8y agoIm guessing they are doing this as we speak. These guys are smart and breaking this "code" would be a lifetime achievement.
- nickpelling 8y agoPromises much but delivers little, sorry. Merely one of the many who got entangled by Stephen Bax's wonky enthusiasm. :-( But then again, as a linguistics gig, Voynichese is harsher than 4chan.
- unixhero 8y agoWow. A great research into this manuscript. I enjoyed it a lot. Thanks.
- darkhorn 8y agohttps://youtu.be/p6keMgLmFEk https://youtu.be/p6keMgLmFEk it might be Turkic. In the past Hungary had some Turkic population, such as Pannonian Avars, Pechenegs and Bulgars, centuries before the Ottoman Turks.
- pavlov 8y agoThis article makes a weird pair to "For the Love of Pipes" which is currently #1 on the homepage.
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- efficax 8y agoWe'd all be better off if nobody had ever discovered the Voynich Manuscript
- voldacar 8y agoHow so?
- sneakernets 8y agoIt's essentially a troll book. There is no "code", it's randomness.
- chr1 8y agoI would agree with you until i saw the three videos from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18967921 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18967921, looks like it is more than randomness.
- nickpelling 8y agoNice link, even if I did write it myself. ;-)