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minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up19·9 months agoIt is the alchemy to the chemistry is what they are saying
minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·9 months agoSo not at all based in science? Interesting as a historical curiosity but nothing more?
minus-squaremaynarkh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·9 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-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoPerhaps “historical curiosity” was a little obtuse of me.
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoAnd how many people are still using Alchemy?
minus-squarebeardown@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 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!”
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoThey told us the history of alchemy in chemistry class, it’s good to know the context.
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoYes, but no one credible still uses it. Which was the point I was making.
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?
“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!”
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.