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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink17•10 months agoIt is the alchemy to the chemistry is what they are saying
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•10 months agoSo not at all based in science? Interesting as a historical curiosity but nothing more?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•10 months agoInteresting because of the psychological insights into not how all people are, but how people make up theories in general. Same way religion has scientific significance in an anthropological sense.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•10 months agoPerhaps “historical curiosity” was a little obtuse of me.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-1•10 months agoAnd how many people are still using Alchemy?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•10 months agoThey told us the history of alchemy in chemistry class, it’s good to know the context.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•10 months agoYes, but no one credible still uses it. Which was the point I was making.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•10 months ago“I turned 5 pounds of lead into gold this morning using this one weird trick that chemists HATE! Subscribe to my premium substack to learn more!”
It is the alchemy to the chemistry is what they are saying
So not at all based in science? Interesting as a historical curiosity but nothing more?
Interesting because of the psychological insights into not how all people are, but how people make up theories in general. Same way religion has scientific significance in an anthropological sense.
Perhaps “historical curiosity” was a little obtuse of me.
And how many people are still using Alchemy?
They told us the history of alchemy in chemistry class, it’s good to know the context.
Yes, but no one credible still uses it. Which was the point I was making.
“I turned 5 pounds of lead into gold this morning using this one weird trick that chemists HATE! Subscribe to my premium substack to learn more!”