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Computer program helps decode ancient texts
- crux 17y agoThis is just another article about the well-established practice of using statistical analysis to compare texts, or to try to determine if a sequence of symbols even might be a language in the first place. In fact, several sentences in the article flatly contradict its headline; the programs being used have absolutely no ability to 'decdode' anything; they are entirely agnostic with respect to any potential meaning.