My brother made a point about the Voynich Manuscript that got me thinking

Honestly, I was telling him about how it's probably just a fake, like a lot of people say. He asked me why someone in the 1400s would spend so much time and money on a fake book with hundreds of pages of complex, unique drawings and script if there was no buyer or reason for it. That hit different because it made the 'hoax' idea seem way less simple. Has anyone else found a common theory about a mystery that just doesn't add up when you look at the basic effort involved?

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julia_carter613d ago

Yeah, the cost thing really does poke holes in the simple hoax idea.

olivercraig3d ago

Used to think these things were just silly jokes. The cost and work you mentioned makes it seem like someone really believed they were doing something big. Changes how you look at it.

nelson.wren3d ago

That's a really good point about the effort. The vellum alone for the Voynich Manuscript was over 200 goat skins. That's a huge investment for a medieval con artist with no clear buyer. It makes the "meaningless hoax" idea feel weak. The same logic hits the "Alien Autopsy" film from the 90s. The effort to build those detailed models and sets for a blurry black and white short feels like overkill for a simple scam. The cost often points to a real belief behind it, even if we don't get it.