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I am not sure that the ideas about substances being fundamentally the same were very well developed at the time. Atomic theory didn't exist. What counted as "fu

I am not sure that the ideas about substances being fundamentally the same were very well developed at the time. Atomic theory didn't exist. What counted as "fundamental" and "the same" was not very well understood or, I'd eager, even broadly agreed upon. Turning lead into gold was considered a genuine possibility for a long time.

toast0 3y ago
> Turning lead into gold was considered a genuine possibility for a long time. And much later, it was found to be a genuine possibility with terrible economics. Just need a particle accelerator, and a lot of patience.