Is Alchemy possible (like they do in FMA)?

Question

just curious, I'm a little selfish and want to show of to my fello peoples if it is real (alternitive to witchcraft(very bad))

Answer 1

NO...NO NO NOO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIKE ALPHONSE HEIDRICH SAID IN THE MOVIE, NEWTON'S EQUASIONS SINGLE OUT ALCHEMY, THERE FOR SCIENCE BEING THE WAY EVERYTHING IS CREATED!!!!!!!

Hiromu Arakawa's concept of alchemy in the series is original. You can clap your hands all you want and draw mindless circles all day, but nothing will happen. Notice that they don't really give formulas in the show for that reason.

Answer 2

Unfortunately, alchemy is not real. It broadly refers to a bunch of old theories that predate many modern sciences, particulary chemistry. Although I single out chemistry, alchemy is actually broader than that because its range included what we would today call metallurgy, physics and many other things, even spiritualism, since back then domains of knowledge were not as clearly deliniated as they are today.

While Full Metal Alchemist (which is what I assume you mean by FMA) is a nicely done anime series, and they do a surprisingly good job of giving their vision of alchemy enough of a feel of coherence and plausibility that one might wonder whether there's more to it, alchemy has been left behind as a scientific discipline long ago.

To its credit, however, much serious and earnest investigation to study nature was performed under the guise of alchemy, and in fact if you look carefully at the language of chemistry, metallurgy and other fields you'll find that some of the words actually date back to alchemical terms.

In fact, there is at least one law of alchemy which has not been overturned and still is in modern use. In the drug industry, one of the key concepts taught in toxicology dates back to an idea first stated by an alchemist named Paracelsus in the 1300's.

Answer 3

For now, don't think so... But logically, it is possible. The trick in alchemy is as said in FMA is to make something using something of equal value.

If I want to put this is a scientific-like talk, it would be restructuring the molecules of such object into another object which have the same amount and type of molecules.

A similar method is being done for teleportation... Although still in progress, what made it similar is they breakdown the molecules and rebuild it back to the original. If they succeed in that, then alchemy might be nearby.

Answer 4

Not actually, because even though it has a trace of ancient chemistry, do you still think it's really possible to rebuild a broken radio? I mean, there's the effects and everything? it's mostly magic. The alchemy's Master Work, the Elixir of Life and Philosopher's Stone, is very amusing and interesting, but immortality is like reaching for the stars by just looking at the stars. But, out of the question, FMA is great.ü

Answer 5

Well, if it was possible the world would be a different place.. although in the series one must give up something of equal value to gain something in return... many people would not have the mentality, endurance, or understanding to accomplish such a feat. Although i personally believe that ANYTHING is possible, including alchemy. If possible it would have been discovered by now, but then again human beings use only 10% of there brain. Maybe there is hope. I am the homunculus.

Answer 6

Actually in the past the pseudosciences is rampant, like astrology, alchemy etc. but the chemistry we know now is from alchemy like our astronomy from astrology, in the middle of the medieval ages the alchemy broke into two, the one concerning the spells or rituals to change metals while the other is the one that concerns about experiments and laboratory work, this when phosporous and other elements are discovered, so our chemistry is actually one of the fields of alchemy during the past!

Answer 7

alcemey, well it is real we can't control, is the changing of one substance to another is it not. well if you look at the deffinition of a nuclear fission or fussion it happens on its own in nature. when a atom decays it losses protons therefore it changes into another element. If we could control the decay then we would be able to do so but at the current moment we do not have the proper knowledge to do this. otherwise i would be rich, lol

Answer 8

If you can come up with an easy way to change the number of protons in an atom then no.

Chemists have been able to change one atom into another but the quantities of product are minuscule.