It would seem that there is some controversy surrounding what we all know to be the Book of the Greater Magic. Paul Hsieh reveals that apparently neither he nor the cryptography experts at the Scientific American have been reading Stillness, especially some of the later chapters. From the SA article:
Voynich asked the leading cryptographers of his day to decode the odd script, which did not match that of any known language. But despite 90 years of effort by some of the world's best code breakers, no one has been able to decipher Voynichese, as the script has become known. The nature and origin of the manuscript remain a mystery. The failure of the code-breaking attempts has raised the suspicion that there may not be any cipher to crack. Voynichese may contain no message at all, and the manuscript may simply be an elaborate hoax.
I note with some interest that parallel universe hypothesis has not been specifically ruled out.
Posted by Phil at July 5, 2004 11:52 AM | TrackBack"I note with some interest that parallel universe hypothesis has not been specifically ruled out."
Yes, but then it so rarely ever is ruled out. Specifically.
Posted by: JW at July 6, 2004 01:38 PM