Making The Case That Voynich Is A Hoax

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 30, 2003 @07:23PM from the exercise-for-the-reader dept.

DeadVulcan writes "The Voynich Manuscript, a mysterious book of uncertain age, is widely believed to be written either in an unknown language or a long-lost encryption scheme. Nature reports that computer scientist Gordon Rugg has demonstrated that it's possible to generate a text like the Voynich manuscript -- containing language-like regularities, despite being potentially meaningless -- using cryptographic techniques of the time. This lends some support to those who claim that the book is a hoax."

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There have been many meaningless books... by Osrin · 2003-12-30 19:27 · Score: 0, Flamebait

... throughout history. "Meaningless" does not mean that it's a hoax.

Anybody who has ever read anything by Dostoevsky knows what I mean, unless you have proof that Dostoevsky is a 43 year old plumber and is alive, well and living in Wankers Corner, OR.