Hello I am Derrick

[Yggdrasil]

Ok. Ok. It can be done theoretically.. like getting the gold out of sea water to bring up another one. [Citation needed]

This belongs in the same category, in theory, a lot of things can be done.
But the cost will outweigh the income by matters of magnitude. At least for now.

There was a research group that showed that you can extract Uranium from seawater, by strands functioning as membranes.
It was placed in a stream, so it did not need any additional energy.

So who knows when technology improves. In that case gold will be much cheaper. Some day......

 

[orvi]

I understand ! You explained that very well And that is unique that lead can be turned to gold in a supernova ! Is that because of the mass force and fusion of different elements mixing and creating gold ? Just asking since you have so much knowledge !

Main problem with alchemy lies when it comes to some proof. Everybody just talk about it, know the guy who know the other guy who "sucessfully turned sand into silver, lead with urine to gold, etc".

We do not know awful lot of things. There are big questions to be answered in nearly every field of research/science - particularly in physics, chemistry and mathematics.

But claiming anything need proper validation of your claims, measurements and proofs. Otherwise all of it are just empty words. You, the inventor of the "magic transmutation" are the one, who need to defend your discovery and persuade people with facts and proofs. This is the inventor´s job. Anybody else.

And that is where it all crumbles. Recovery of gold from seawater, alchemistic turning various funky stuff to gold, myths and legends about grams of gold inside the ceramic of old CPUs, discovering "major deposits" of gold and platinum in "worthless rock" samples from secret and hidden locations, XRF readings of various scrap metal showing rhodium and palladium in tens of %...
Just some cherrypicked examples of this phenomena. It never gone anywhere further, just to dispute about the "hidden truth" and "scientist as the bigest cowards and egoists, don´t accepting your discoveries".

You can question everything. By the way it is one of the best ways to invent new things and discover new unknown facts that could be revolutionary.
But you need to proof it, measure it, back it with facts and let people witness your work. Without it, nobody scientifically educated will ever trust you and accept your claims. Period.

 

[Jado]

Alchemy was several thousand years of scientific experimentation and discovery based on the false assumption that everything was made of water, fire, earth & air. Thanks Aristotle.

We’re currently ~400 years into discoveries based on having ~118 elements.

Knowing that Gold & Lead are separate elements made of the same components, and having the means to manipulate those components, is a very recent breakthrough.

Welcome to “The New Alchemy,” based on the (hopefully true) assumption that everything is made of Protons, Neutrons, & Electrons. Sorry Einstein, no Photons, it’s an induction wave until proven otherwise.