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This article claims to have solved the mystery of the Voynich Manuscript, claiming that it is a medical textbook, primarily on women's health. The author claims that the confusing script is simply abbreviations for language used at the time.
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This article connects to the reason for belief Simplicity as the author is disregarding the complexity of the text, and making an assumption that the text is simply abbreviations. While this is not impossible, he did not follow up with other professionals in the field, or keep up to date with current research that would disprove this theory. Making sure that a scientific professional approaches a topic with a healthy dose of skepticism is crucial, to avoid these mistakes. I believe Confirmation Bias  could be a factor here, as the author provided two selected translations which could possibly make sense, without providing examples that could explain the rest of the text.

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For medievalists or anyone with more than a passing interest, the most unusual element of the Voynich manuscript - Beinecke Ms. 408, known to many as "the most mysterious manuscript in the world" - is its handwritten text.

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This is a small Reddit post from a subreddit dedicated to the Voynich Manuscript translations. In this particular post, the writer suggests that the writer of the text heard voices in their head that told him about things, and he wrote those things down.
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This post connects to the reason for belief of Unexplained, as the writer is proposing a unlikely theory under the guise of "we just don't know". While it is true we don't know the true source of the Voynich Manuscript, researchers still come up with theories based on evidence, and not based on what we don't know.

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I don't think its a hoax in so much as I think Voynich shows author hearing voices in his head. I think it might have meaningful content in that a voice in his head told him about nympths and so he wrote it down accordingly. I do think though he's the only one who can understand it. hearing voices as result of drugs, mental illness, or mystical experiences.

i have a question for linguists and crytographers and psychologists

suppose that the code of voynich really is the result of a person hearing voices in their head.

is there any way to make sense of that?

i.e as an experiment you have someone who hears voices in his head, he then writes down something in symbols, which really do have a meaning in terms of his fantasies, is there any way to decipher it?

i don't hear voices in my head but someone spoke chinese to me, and told me to write it down in english letters, then would a chinese crytopher with no knowledge of english letters be able to translate it back into chinese?

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r/voynich - I think Voynich shows author hearing voices in his head

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I don't think its a hoax in so much as I think Voynich shows author hearing voices in his head. I think it might have meaningful content in that a voice in his head told him about nympths and so he wrote it down accordingly.

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This is an article suggesting that the Voynich Manuscript was created by an alien who crash landed on the planet in the 1400s. The article suggests that the text is a self-written chronicle of the rest of the alien's life.
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This post connects to the Unexplained reason for belief, as the author poses his theory of aliens immediately followed by stating that since we don't know for sure the true answer, then we should consider all possible answers equally. The article makes many statements without providing references or proof, such as saying that the language can not be found anywhere else on earth. Coupled with the spelling and grammatical errors common in pseudoscience articles, this theory is not likely to be worth considering.

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Written in an unknown language and containing diagrams of totally unrecognizable plant species and celestial charts, the Voynich manuscript is by far one of the most enigmatic and mysterious manuscripts ever discovered.

No one has been able to fully understand or explain this mysterious ancient text and throughout the years, numerous theories have been proposed aiming to explain this ancient text.

The Voynich manuscript was introduced to the modern world in 1912 when antique dealer Wilfrid Voynich acquired it. When Wilfred Voynich purchased the mysterious item, a letter accompanied the mysterious manuscript reading the following:

"Reverend and Distinguished Sir, Father in Christ: This book, bequeathed to me by an intimate friend, I destined for you, my very dear Athanasius, as soon as it came into my possession, for I was convinced that it could be read by no one except yourself. The former owner of this book asked your opinion by letter, copying and sending you a portion of the book from which he believed you would be able to read the remainder, but he at that time refused to send the book itself. To its deciphering he devoted unflagging toil, as is apparent from attempts of his which I send you herewith, and he relinquished hope only with his life. But his toil was in vain, for such Sphinxes as these obey no one but their master, Kircher. Accept now this token, such as it is and long overdue though it be, of my affection for you, and burst through its bars, if there are any, with your wonted success. Dr. Raphael, a tutor in the Bohemian language to Ferdinand III, then King of Bohemia, told me the said book belonged to the Emperor Rudolph and that he presented to the bearer who brought him the book 600 ducats. He believed the author was Roger Bacon, the Englishman. On this point I suspend judgement; it is your place to define for us what view we should take thereon, to whose favor and kindness I unreservedly commit myself and remain"At the command of your Reverence, Joannes Marcus Marci of Cronland Prague, 19th August, 1666"

Ever since its introduction, the strange language of the manuscript has been analyzed by top code breakers of WWI, and WWII, but mysteriously, no one has been able to decipher its contents.

According to analysis, the writing in the Voynich manuscript contains around 25 different characters written from left to right.

It was determined that the text was written fluently as if the author of the mysterious text knew the language to perfection, as opposed to someone translating the text from a cipher, who would have stopped after writing each character.

While the origin of the mysterious 'book' remains a mystery, carbon dating analysis of the vellum pages puts their creation between 1404 and 1438.

According to the McCrone Research Institute in Chicago, the paints used in the Voynich Manuscript originate from materials which were commonly used during the 1400's.

Now, a revolutionary new theory considers the possibility that the Voynich Manuscript is in face of extraterrestrial origin.

Because it contains a language that cannot be found anywhere else on the planet, and given the fact that the ancient manuscript depicts star charts that are unknown to us, the Voynich Manuscript could have been created by a being, not from Earth, who during the 1400's crash-landed on Earth and created the manuscript documenting life on Earth.

Knowing that humans did not possess the necessary technology to help the alien visitor return to his planet, it is possible that the Alien visitor decided to chronicle his remaining life on our planet inside the manuscript.

While this theory is just another one in the long list that tries to explain the Voynich Manuscript, given the fact that we have absolutely no idea what it is, or who wrote it, many people believe that all possibilities should be considered equally.

What do you think the Voynich Manuscript is?

And is It possible that it was created by a being, not from Earth?

Since we know so little about it, its only right to consider all options when it comes to items like this.

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The Voynich Manuscript: Memoirs of a Stranded Alien? | Ancient Code

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Written in an unknown language and containing diagrams of totally unrecognizable plant species and celestial charts, the Voynich manuscript is by far one of the most enigmatic and mysterious manuscripts ever discovered. No one has been able to fully understand or explain this mysterious ancient text and throughout the years, numerous theories have been proposed...

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In this video, the individual goes into some detail about how he believes the Voynich Manuscript is related to Stonehenge, with the circles being star charts based on shadow casting, with his proof being that Stonehenge is 360 degrees around, or in other worlds forms a circle.
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This video connects to the course content through the red flag confusion of correlation with causation as he confuses the fact that Stonehenge is a circle, and would cast a shadow, with the intentions of the creators to use it as a calendar or shadow-caster. Proof by Verbosity can also be seen here as he is relaying a ton of information, most of which is meaningless. He also fails to actually explain a few points, claiming that it is just too much to get in to right now.

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A video from an individual claiming to have decoded the Voynich Manuscript. He claims the manuscript was not writted by humans. His proof is that since current computers can not decode it, it must not be a code, but rather an alien language. One of the proofs he lists in his comments below the video is that two of the pigments could not be sourced to the period it was written in, and as such can not be written by humans.
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This video also uses the Unexplained reason for belief, which is very common for Voynich theories, as the translation has not yet been solved. The author states that since we can not decode it, it must not be code, however this is a large assumption to make, and lines up well with pseudoscience theories. Agenticity also connects to this video, as he believes that aliens are the cause of the text, instead of placing the cause on a potentially more likely cause.

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This video is by Stephen Bax, a professor of linguistics out of the United Kingdom. In this video he talks about the Voynich Manuscript in some depth, sticking to sourced theories and credible facts.
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I think this is an interesting video to include, for how it avoids the Pseudoscience red flags and reasons for beliefs. The author avoids the Unexplained reasons for belief by not proposing theories without having evidence that might support it. This I think it the number one mistake people make when proposing pseudoscience theories, in that there is no strong evidence so support their theories. The author makes sure to source his theories, and only proposes possible theories, without claiming to have solved the riddle of the manuscript.

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Voynich - a provisional, partial decoding of the Voynich script

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This is one of the diagrams drawn in the Voynich Manuscript, these depict circular diagrams with text around the edges and pictures within.
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I believe we can connect these diagrams with the Confusion of Correlation with Causation red flag, as there are many reasons for why these diagrams could be made in this shape, but just because a circle can represent something does not mean that it does. Patternicity can also be potentially seen here, as the average reader will look for things they recognize within the picture, however that does not mean that was the intention of the author.

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This picture depicts an individual conducting research for the Voynich Manuscript.
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This connects to the course material by showing the proper process with which to study an old document. By applying proper techniques one can avoid reasons for belief such as Unexplained. By applying the critical thinking process and use evidence of carbon dating and linguistic research one can avoid supporting false claims.

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1 - The thing that I learned about this topic that most surprised me was that the manuscript has still not been solved to this day. That researchers have been studying it for a hundred years, and we are not much closer to discerning the exact translation as we were when we started is very surprising.

2 - This topic is interesting to me as I enjoy reading some non-fiction books on my own, and seeing a book such as this that can not be deciphered is very interesting.

3 - I think the most interesting research is the linguistic pattern recognition used to attempt to decipher the text. In the video by Stephen Bax, he breaks down a few examples of how he approached recognizing likely patterns, and matching it to

4 - I think the thing I am most likely to remember from this research would be the far fetched theories some people come up with to explain the manuscript. People take the smallest piece of evidence and create entire theories based on them

5 - After completing the majority of this course, I think that the Pseudoscience is a combination of "All Natural" and "Ancient Wisdom" as they are currently harming many people through the Anti-Vax movement. These beliefs are dangerous because holding them does not only affect themselves, but the rest of the world as well. While I believe none of the pseudosciences are harmless, I think that the appeal to authority is the least dangerous, as it is largely human nature to simplify your beliefs and base them on small movements or individuals.

6 - I think the skepticism skills are the most important thing to pass on from this class. While I may forget the exact terms and definitions of the red flags, I think the essence of this course is approaching topics with the proper frame of mind, and considering all of the reasons that the author is saying what they are saying.

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This image is another from the Voynich Manuscript, this time depicting a female figure interacting with some device or thing.
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This is a great example of an image that people can easily interpret in different ways through the use of patternicity, as it is not clear what is depicted in the picture, and is open to interpretation. Applying a healthy amount of skepticism when reading theories regarding this manuscript is ideal, as there was only one intention when this was created, but many interpretations. Some people might have trouble separating their Ideology from objective fact when looking at this diagram, as you also need to consider that you are looking at it from the perspective of someone who was raised in the current era, as opposed to 1400-1500s when it was written.