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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. Re: Mod it Down by Black+Parrot · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    > > contains pictures of unrecognizable flowers, naked nymphs

    > obviously a troll

    Fortunately the article didn't show the goatse illustration.

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  2. Re:Library of Babel by Extrymas · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now I'm proud to be Lithuanian!

  3. Re:Not the only book of this kind by Kierthos · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, no. She's a blithering idiot who didn't actually live in the state she ran for office in, therefore her book is gibberish.

    Republicans are not immune from writing crapola either, btw...

    Kierthos

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