Re: The Vinland Map's Ink

Thomas Zahr <ThomasZahr0503@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:Xns963264D07B8E0ThomasZahrfreenetde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

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> b) the map is a forgery
>
> If the map is a forgery, some of the properties of the map
> can be proven to be inconsistent with a medieaval date of
> origin.

I'd say "_could_ be proven to be inconsistent," myself. After all, it
could be such an incredibly _good_ forgery, that it is effectively
impossible to find any inconsistencies...

....it's not, of course - in fact, it's only a fair to middling forgery -
but it is at least theoretically _possible_ to have that good a forgery.

OTOH, if we're going to work with very, very low levels of "possible"
here (Hi, Eric!), then it's _possible_* that the reason the VM has so
many unique features compared to other medieval maps/documents is that
_all_ of those other maps/documents are the forgeries and the VM is the
only _real_ medieval map we have...

David

* Most likely at the same sense of possible that it's possible my atoms
will spontaneously rearrange myself into a GE toaster over. IOW, there's
nothing actually _impossible_ about it - but if you're waiting, I
wouldn't count on any toast for a few trillion years...


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