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Evidence · Voynich Manuscript

No simulated procedure reproduces the statistics

No single simulated procedure (slot grammar, self-copying, grille, affix-table cipher, homophones respaced, word-for-letter) reproduces more than two of twelve held-out statistics.

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What it bears on 2 answers

A published mechanical procedure produced it
Ruled out · weighs heavily · H-PROCESS-GENERATORS
AGAINST
No plaintext: a procedure produced it
Still possible · weighs heavily · H-TH-GENERATED
AGAINST

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Mysteries Department. (2026). No simulated procedure reproduces the statistics [Evidence EVD0D8GDQ2G7EGT]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D8GDQ2G7EGT
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