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Making The Case That Voynich Is A Hoax

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Ershlap? by paul248 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Abdook artelly oppetrom uplocty?! Astenboorsley... af arcoolodople!

    Bli, Fal.

    1. Re:Ershlap? by decipher_saint · · Score: 5, Funny

      Are you my boss, 'cause you sound like him...

      Am I fired yet?

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  2. Been there, done that by User+956 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gordon Rugg has demonstrated that it's possible to generate a text like the Voynich manuscript -- containing language-like regularities, despite being potentially meaningless

    That's funny. I thought Darl McBride had already proven that with all those open letters he's written.

    Mod me down, hippies!

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  3. so obvious by segment · · Score: 4, Funny
    Gordon Rugg has used the techniques of Elizabethan espionage to recreate the Voynich manuscript, which has stumped code-breakers and linguists for nearly a century

    Had Mr Rugg just used rot13 he would've cracked the code long ago. Want Crypto?

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  4. The Voynich manuscript by t0ny · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have they tried casting "Read Magic" on it?

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