On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 20:10:49 -0700, The_Sage <theeSage@azrmci.net>
wrote:

I was enjoying it, and mainly agreeing with it, until this mentally
jarring claim stopped me in my tracks:
:

At this point in time, there is no difference between Alchemy and Quantum
Mechanics. Many modern day sciences started off as fringe sciences (alchemy led

:
That assertion couldn't be further from the truth if you gave it to
Dubya, Ashcroft, Wolfowitz, and Rumsfeld to re-write!

Quantum Mechanics, in particluar Quantum Electrodynamics is by a long
way the most successful scientific theory to date!
Alchemy is not very successful.
The vast sweep of its precise explanations, and its successful
predictions swamp any other theory for volume and accuracy.
The predictions of (QED) have been shown to be accurate to an
astounding level.
It does not make sense to even compare it with alchemy, let alone
claim that they are effectively the same thing!

Do you understand Quantum Mechanics?