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I think the Voynich Manuscript was written by someone who let his/her part of the brain responsible for language understanding run in reverse, so generating a n
by 92543927 7y ago
I think the Voynich Manuscript was written by someone who let his/her part of the brain responsible for language understanding run in reverse, so generating a new language. This new language, "speaking in tongues", follows the rules of Universal Grammar, so all frequency analysis will point to it being a legit language, yet the language itself will be forever indecipherable. The same holds for the undeciphered Zodiac cyphers. The "one time pad" used by the creators was probably forgotten the next day.
- fb03 7y agoThe phenomena you mentioned (speaking in tongues) is called Glossolalia, and yeah, it is essentially rhythmic mouth yapping with enough resemblance to other 'human utterances' to be misread as an actual language.
- ddingus 7y agoSide note: I was once part of a youth group and was strongly pressured to do that. My inhibition was profound. At that moment I gave organized religion up. I am not religious, but do seem spiritual. Go figure. Between that and being told who to hate and what platinum album was gonna send me to hell, it was enough. I could have done it that day. Make up some stuff, or just let the vocalizations flow. But why? I did find the others listening to garner meaning super interesting. There is a sort of resonance possible too. Speakers, or utterers more precisely, pick up common elements. The whole affair becomes sort of tribal. Over time, all sorts of status, membership, meta basically, is inferred through many sessions.