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how many of you know about the alchemy and how many of you believe in it and inthe philosopher's stone.?
if u believe in both please specify or if u believe in any one please specify.and in case u don't know even newton was an alchemist.,but kept it top secret,well that's what they say,i don't know how far it is true.
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- AntoineBachmannLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
alchemists were looking for the Philosopher's Stone, which supposedly would allow one to transmute (transform) all metals into gold. They were doing this using mainly chemical reactions, so there was no chance they could ever succeed (and even with nuclear physics, it is not like you can at will change an atom of any metal into gold, not to mention large quantities of it).
however in order to be able to do all this they made huge numbers of experiments, mainly of chemistry but also physics, and recorded results in a methodical manner. So in a sense they were the fathers of modern experimentation.
now, what about believing? Can one believe, today, that it is possible to transmute metals into gold, by contact with a special stone? I don't think so, unless one refuses to accept pretty much all of modern science.
hope this helps
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Sometimes I have to wonder just how friggin' simple minded someone has to be to believe that a fantasy movie is real.
If you are over 8 years old, then shame on you.!
- 1 decade ago
Yeah, yeah, I think I believe in Alchemy, but what the hell is the philosipher's stone? is it the one in Harry Potter?
