In Simon Singh\u2019s The Code Book, he states \u201cCryptanalysis could not be invented until a civilization has reached a sufficiently sophisticated level of scholarship.\u201d\u00a0 If such a sophisticated level of scholarship was needed to invent cryptanalysis, and cryptanalysts were considered to be of \u2018higher\u2019 scholarship, why are amateurs capable of decoding ciphers themselves?<\/p>\n
Is the world becoming more intelligent? That I do not know.\u00a0 But it is obvious that knowledge is spreading and learning is occurring more vigorously throughout the world than in the past.\u00a0 As children grow, they are expected to conquer challenges using the mind, not their fists, and grow mentally as they progress through the education system.\u00a0 They are expected to continue their path of learning to higher degrees in high school and college, and expand on their critical thinking abilities. \u00a0Therefore, society’s expectations have furthered amateur cryptanalysts ability to decode messages.<\/p>\n
Frequency analysis is a very complex approach to cracking a code.\u00a0 Yet our minds are capable of applying frequency analysis subconsciously when the opportunity presents itself.\u00a0 For example, in the word game, Hangman, our mind subconsciously guesses letters that are frequently seen in words (vowels, specific consonants).\u00a0 Ultimately, people can only apply \u201con their own\u201d approaches if they have been exposed to higher levels of critical thinking.\u00a0 Education and the accessibility of knowledge provide the world with these abilities to critically think and solve problems. Amateur cryptanalysts, though untrained, can accredit their code breaking skills to the education they\u2019ve received from such an early age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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