qualia Posted June 24, 2013 (Phys.org) —Theoretical physicist Marcelo Montemurro and colleague Damián H. Zanette have published a paper in the journal PLOS ONE claiming that the Voynich text is likely not a hoax as some have suggested. The two researchers along with others at the University of Manchester in the U.K. analyzed a digital copy of the text and say that computer assisted analyses of the "book" suggest it does harbor meaning, though what that might be is still a mystery. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-06-voynich-text-hoax.html#jCp http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0066344 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CβL Posted June 25, 2013 They've done this type of analysis before, but alas - it's not conclusive. All it shows is that it's not randomly selected, but a pattern was followed to create it. The title 'not a hoax' is completely misleading - 'not a shitty hoax' would be more accurate. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
