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[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Faulty pattern recognition isn't something we should be holding on to.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It is the alchemy to the chemistry is what they are saying

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So not at all based in science? Interesting as a historical curiosity but nothing more?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Interesting because of the psychological insights into not how all people are, but how people make up theories in general. Same way religion has scientific significance in an anthropological sense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Perhaps "historical curiosity" was a little obtuse of me.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

And how many people are still using Alchemy?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

"I turned 5 pounds of lead into gold this morning using this one weird trick that chemists HATE! Subscribe to my premium substack to learn more!"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They told us the history of alchemy in chemistry class, it's good to know the context.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Yes, but no one credible still uses it. Which was the point I was making.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The problem is that we still don't have a proper pattern recognition. We could discard all the soft sciences such as Economics, Sociology or Psychology.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What hard sciences could replace economics and sociology? They're not very rigorous, but they seem to be useful. Psychology also takes some load off psychiatrists

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

So is palm reading; for grifters.