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by the_af 1001 days ago
Alchemy was always quackery. It might have been proto-chemistry, but the minute it adopted scientific method it stopped being alchemy.

The problem with alchemy is that there was no rhyme or reason to its method, other than mysticisim; it wasn't scientific in nature.

If it sparked chemistry, that's a good thing; but it doesn't stop it from being quakery.