We need to talk about YouTube's favorite Voynich Theory

The theory you guys keep asking me about. 00:00 Intro 02:40 A promising Voynich Theory 04:29 The Video... and Legal issues 05:22 I must state my Credentials 07:14 Why it doesn't matter if we understand Turkish 08:06 The Turkish Theory 08:48 Five Red Flags of Voynich Solvers 30:06 The Solver's Smokescreen 34:18 Pseudolinguistics and Explicit Confirmation Bias 39:39 Conclusion Sources: *https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/8551k1/a_turkish_engineer_appears_to_have_solved_the/ * https://www.voynich.ninja/thread-2318-page-2.html * Stock images from Freepik. * Archer By Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12595708 * 100 different meanings: https://www.voynich.ninja/post-39425.html#pid39425 * doesn't matter as long as it's Turkish https://www.voynich.ninja/thread-2318-post-39455.html#pid39455 * Ahmet on probability: https://www.voynich.ninja/thread-2318-post-47458.html#pid47458 * Rub with water: https://www.voynich.ninja/thread-2318-post-50764.html#pid50764 * Ardıç, Ahmet. “Voynich Manuscript Revealed (2018).” YouTube, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6keMgLmFEk. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024 * Ahmet recommended me to use his most recent table of glyph readings, found in this 2023 paper (p.3): https://www.turkicresearch.com/files/articles/84985f2e-212e-4b2f-97da-8903cda2a3ba.pdf * List of Voynich Solutions at Voynich Ninja: https://www.voynich.ninja/thread-4339-post-60813.html * Ardıç, Ahmet. “ÇOMAK, SOPA, SAP, ÇITA, ÇİTA, ÇUBUK, ÇIRPI, ÇÖP, DEĞNEK, TEL, FİDAN Sözcüklerinin Kökeni Hakkında Çıkarımlar ve Dil Biliminin Bazı Uygulamaları Hakkında Görüşlerim.” Voynich Manuscript, 2020, https://www.turkicresearch.com/files/articles/24.pdf. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024. * Gobekli Tepe: https://www.turkicresearch.com/files/articles/27.pdf * Goropism: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/goropism * Turgay Tüfekçioğlu ile Türk Dili ve Tarihil. “VOYNICH EL YAZMASI 1.” YouTube, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnDsQkl_yIs. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024 * Turgay Tüfekçioğlu ile Türk Dili ve Tarihil. “VOYNICH EL YAZMASI 2.” YouTube, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g67eiLizNEA. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024 Copiale cipher: https://www.su.se/polopoly_fs/1.688308.1699263827!/menu/standard/file/get-copiale-press-2011.pdf 15th century cryptography: https://ciphermysteries.com/2016/07/06/fifteenth-century-cryptography Waterway Friends: https://www.voynich.ninja/attachment.php?aid=65 Apocalypse MS: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10532634z/f43.item Top 10 list https://www.livescience.com/56507-mysterious-ancient-codices.html https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/feb/07/new-clue-voynich-manuscript-mystery Music: bensound.com Artist: FoePound License code: HEURKUKKVSGM7DXN