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People applied the scientific method in trying to discover/create alchemy. Including Isaac Newton. In fact his investigations of alchemy is what lead him to dis
by InSteady 3y ago
People applied the scientific method in trying to discover/create alchemy. Including Isaac Newton. In fact his investigations of alchemy is what lead him to discover the prismatic nature of light and invent color theory.
Science is a process, not a result.
- akasakahakada 3y ago> applied the scientific method in trying to discover/create You just described Chemistry with another name. > Isaac Newton discover the prismatic nature of light and invent color theory And this is science. Do experiment, conclude regarding the result, never say shit like "white is pure".
- bonoboTP 3y agoYou only recognize a sharp distinction in hindsight. I think one big problem (among many) with science education is that we only learn the end results and take too many things for granted as a result. I find that science can be immensely more fascinating when understood through a historical lens, trying to understand the goals and assumptions and mental frameworks, open questions at the times of important breakthroughs.
- akasakahakada 3y agoWhat are you talking about? Experimental physics started before Newton, that guy called Galileo Galilei.