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OT Science Baws - Why is Alchemy No Longer Taught?
Posted on 7/30/24 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 7/30/24 at 3:55 pm
Seems like a lot of really smart people from years ago had a solid foundation in Alchemy. Jack Parsons was one that credited his mastery of rocket propulsion to learning alchemy. Aleister Crowley is another and credited his mastery of Black Magic not to chemistry, but to alchemy.
I went on a tour of NASA in Clear Lake and they flat out said alchemy techniques are still used when experimenting with particles at a much higher elevation like the Int'l Space Station.
I went on a tour of NASA in Clear Lake and they flat out said alchemy techniques are still used when experimenting with particles at a much higher elevation like the Int'l Space Station.
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Posted on 7/30/24 at 3:56 pm to FizzyPop
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Black Magic
We don't call it that anymore.
Posted on 7/30/24 at 3:57 pm to FizzyPop
We don't need any more micro-breweries and fruity beer.
This post was edited on 7/30/24 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 7/30/24 at 3:59 pm to FizzyPop
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OT Science Baws - Why is Alchemy No Longer Taught?
Once they figured out how to turn lead into gold, they shut down.
Posted on 7/30/24 at 4:01 pm to FizzyPop
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went on a tour of NASA in Clear Lake and they flat out said alchemy techniques are still used when experimenting with particles at a much higher elevation like the Int'l Space Station.
Alchemy is still taught, it's just called chemistry now.
Witch hunts and inquisitions still persist though, so you're halfway there.
Posted on 7/30/24 at 4:03 pm to Sao
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We don't need any more micro-breweries and fruity beer.
What else am I supposed to drink while throwing axes?
Posted on 7/30/24 at 4:04 pm to FizzyPop
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Why is Alchemy No Longer Taught?
Because chemistry produces better and real results.
Posted on 7/30/24 at 4:05 pm to Pandy Fackler
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Once they figured out how to turn lead into gold, they shut down.
I always thought alchemy was fake science from centuries ago that tried just that… turning various metals into gold, or some other wizardry that didn’t work.
Posted on 7/30/24 at 4:07 pm to FizzyPop
These days it's called "crypto", in which conjurers magically turn perfectly good electricity into "currency".
Posted on 7/30/24 at 4:11 pm to Big_Sur
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These days it's called "crypto", in which conjurers magically turn perfectly good electricity into "currency".
Maybe the fiat currency guys are former alchemy guys. They grew frustrated that they couldn't turn other base metals into gold so they invented fiat currency. Now they just enter zeros in a computer and voila', digital gold.
This post was edited on 7/30/24 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 7/30/24 at 4:11 pm to FizzyPop
Because this baw ruined it for everyone:
Posted on 7/30/24 at 4:11 pm to FizzyPop
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I went on a tour of NASA in Clear Lake and they flat out said alchemy techniques are still used when experimenting with particles
Did they mention what type of particles?
Posted on 7/30/24 at 4:15 pm to GumboPot
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Did they mention what type of particles?
Of course not. They said it's classified. I inferred that to mean weaponry advantages, biological warfare advantages etc. Essentially they said specialized steel can be made at 275 miles above earth's atmosphere, but that's as much info as I got out of the $10/hr tour guide.
Posted on 7/30/24 at 4:16 pm to NYNolaguy1
Posted on 7/30/24 at 4:23 pm to FizzyPop
What's the difference between Alchemy and Chemistry?
I'll hang up and listen...
I'll hang up and listen...
Posted on 7/30/24 at 4:27 pm to Lonnie Utah
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I'll hang up and listen...
Ummm, I thought I covered that in my OP. Google Aleister Crowley Alchemy for one. Or Jack Parsons Alchemy. Or don't.
Posted on 7/30/24 at 4:33 pm to Lonnie Utah
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What's the difference between Alchemy and Chemistry?
Might as well quote the google definitions for this.
Alchemy:
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the medieval forerunner of chemistry, based on the supposed transformation of matter. It was concerned particularly with attempts to convert base metals into gold or to find a universal elixir.
Chemistry:
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the branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed; the investigation of their properties and the ways in which they interact, combine, and change; and the use of these processes to form new substances.
Posted on 7/30/24 at 4:42 pm to FizzyPop
I get the impression that your NASA tour guide said alchemy because the scientist conducting experiments in the Space Station called it alchemy. They probably called it alchemy in jest and at the same time being semi-serious. They are conducting experiments in a new environment (no gravity...or very little). Under these new and unknown conditions you can't assume the reaction will happen the same as on earth. Some of these experiments probably make them nervous without gravity to assist in containing the experiments. So they jokingly call it alchemy. 
Posted on 7/30/24 at 4:57 pm to GumboPot
alchemy was well supported with chemistry sets for students in the 60's, but that all went the way of fat sam when the govt got involved in hazard mitigation. We did some pretty cool stuff with strong reagents
Posted on 7/30/24 at 5:26 pm to FizzyPop
People began allocating their +XP elsewhere.
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