Re: VMs: could it not be a hoax (I would like it not to be it)

["Robert Teague" <rteague@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I need to be careful how I respond (because I have
> used similar arguments myself) but one has to be
> very careful with 'evidence' based on interpretation.

True enough. I've done the same in some other
subjects I research.

> You propose a translation of VMs characters to
> numbers, but we can't know if it is correct or
> not. 

I tried those correspondences simply because there
was nothing else TO try. But right, wrong or 
indifferent, it's another angle of attack, and I don't
understand why nobody besides myself and Larry
Roux take it seriously. 

When we announced positive results from the Astro
section, wasn't that intriguing enough for list members
to at least look and see if they make sense?

In the list archives I came across discussion of a folio
(that I haven't been able to find again) where a
particular character was repeated three times in a row.
(Does anybody know where, offhand?)

If the character in question is one of the numbers,  then
a number value would be a reasonable interpretation.

If not, then the correspondences may need a harder look.
 
> The recent mail from Jacques about Roger Bacon and
> CDROMs takes 'ad absurdum' (sorry Jacques) a very
> valid argument, which is that one can find
> confirmation of any theory by searching for,
> and spotting, examples that seem to confirm it.

Very true, but that does not apply here. We are finding
dates, and then astronomical  configurations that match
the diagram within that year.

> Without implying any bad intentions from anyone,
> one automatically tends to overlook the cases 
> that do not confirm the hypothesis and focusses
> on the few cases that seem to do. I know I've
> done it myself.

As have I.

> Still, keep up the good work - I would be suprised
> if our mail archives would not contain some
> correct guesses about the meaning of some features
> of the VMs, without us knowing it.

I agree.

Robert
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