Can someone explain me the concept of the “alchemy” subject?

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Can someone explain me the concept of the “alchemy” subject?

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Answer 1

Right. Here goes.

It’s fucking bullshit.

Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk.

If you want slightly more detail. It’s about turning worthless metals, like lead, into valuable ones, like gold. It’s basically a belief in magic.

With modern technology we can turn things into other things (particle accelerators and the like) but generally the cost is way more than what the final product is worth.