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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This was the idea by alchemy. They thought you could change one element into another. Lead to gold and so forth, but not so easy in medieval Europe

[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah they didn't have tweezers back then

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Don't be daft, of course they have tweezers back then.

They don't have plastic yet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

But eletricity didnt exist at the time, so no risk of being electrocuted.

[–] darcy 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

you can make gold from platinum! however this is a net loss as platinum costs more

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

You can make gold from hydrogen too! Just gotta put enough of it into one place so it forms a large star, then wait for it to go supernova.