My point exactly; people really like to equate "unscientific" with "turned out to be wrong". Chemistry is such a huge field that it's a small miracle we managed

My point exactly; people really like to equate "unscientific" with "turned out to be wrong". Chemistry is such a huge field that it's a small miracle we managed to figure out at all, no small thanks to Boyle who actually introduced the very concept of chemical elements.