Why we cannot decipher the indus script ??
we may be close to it.
Maybe, maybe not.
Rao et al. say they’ve found evidence it writes a language (PDF): http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/rao/ScienceIndus.pdf
But Steve Farmer et al. say not so fast (PDF): http://www.safarmer.com/Refutation3.pdf
If it is the Indus Valley script, shouldn’t they just assume the most common words are “like” and “totally”, and perhaps “awesome!!!”?