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You raise a good point because as we’ve found in the 1930’s and I believe finally performed in the 50’s, alchemy can occur. (Seaborg with a particle accelerato
by bluedevil2k 7y ago
You raise a good point because as we’ve found in the 1930’s and I believe finally performed in the 50’s, alchemy can occur. (Seaborg with a particle accelerator). The method of discovery is performed by trial and error and building off the mistakes and successes of your predecessors and Newtown was just the first step in many of his discoveries.
- ecoled_ame 7y agoOkay, alchemy doesn’t refer only to transmutation. It was a legitimate practice by early chemists who were playing around with materials. The mysticism is greatly exaggerated. And the scientific method goes back tens or hundreds of thousands of years .. for example early hominids fishing for tuna in Morocco. My point is that rudimentary scientific experiments are still science and should be appreciated. There was no transition from magic to science in the 17th century.