Can Lead Actually Turn into Gold?

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Is it actually possible to turn lead into gold? With scientists’ efforts and their creativity, we finally found “the real philosopher’s stone" and can turn lead into gold...somewhat. Join Michael Aranda for a new episode of SciShow!
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@rgbii2 6 жыл бұрын

Imagine getting paid with a gold coin, only to have it turn back into mercury and you get cancer.

@atom9885 6 жыл бұрын

rgbii lol

@ThisIsTaco1 6 жыл бұрын

Classic

@KaliTakumi 6 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment lol

@Anmar__ 6 жыл бұрын

This comment is gold.

@Athenas_Realm_System 6 жыл бұрын

rgbii you'd have to be super unlucky to get cancer in that case, the amount of radiation prolly wouldn't do much, and well murcury isn't carcinogenic, it has more interesting ways to kill you.

@Frediloc8 6 жыл бұрын

The first thing I think about when I hear "philosopher's stone" is two orphan kids on a quest to get back their bodies.

@Michelrs 6 жыл бұрын

Frediloc8 i feel u

@johnjohnj57 6 жыл бұрын

I thought the same

@flaminghothashira5369 6 жыл бұрын

tired of watching both your daughter and dog.....WHY NOT DO IT AT THE SAME TIME BY COMBINING THEM!

@d_wang9836 6 жыл бұрын

Cow goes moo. Cat goes meow. Dog goes Edward

@ninjadude0076 6 жыл бұрын

lmao

@asielsmith6007 6 жыл бұрын

Harry Potter; and the Philosopher's Particle Accelerator.

@asielsmith6007 6 жыл бұрын

@diego2112gaming 4 жыл бұрын

That's a book I would read the hell out of.

@akotadrl2929 2 жыл бұрын

Yayyy you watch the flash

@HashirEasa 2 жыл бұрын

ㅤ

@twiztinupblunts4031 Жыл бұрын

Harry Potter and JK Rowling suck. Makes sense her name would be JK, considering she's an absolute joke!

@unvergebeneid 6 жыл бұрын

Medieval alchemist: "Let us turn lead into gold!" Modern scientist: "Yeah well, you can of course do that but it's probably much more cost-effective to just mine an asteroid." Medieval alchemist: "To..... what?!"

@awfullygenericname6783 6 жыл бұрын

Penny Lane Modern Scientists: To mine an asteroid. It’s better that spending way too much stuff and money, even the gold doesn’t pay off after.

@mentalbreakgaming3102 6 жыл бұрын

phung tran yea but if you send a single ship to mine multiple asteroids for most of its minerals it could be extremely effective, however the global currency would need to adapt as well because you would need enough money to rebuild the shuttles whilst ensuring that you can get paid top dollar for your minerals which I feel like not enough people have enough money to buy them like that. however it's probably how well farm resources if we survive long enough.

@mortache 6 жыл бұрын

and gold is kinda useless in most cases other than some uses in circuits

@unvergebeneid 6 жыл бұрын

mortaché de muerte, not entirely true but also, what's your point exactly? :)

@mortache 6 жыл бұрын

Penny Lane my point is that mining more gold will do little, we need actual resources like fuel and useful minerals

@CarlosRios1 6 жыл бұрын

When I hear "Philosopher's Stone" I think of thousands of souls compacted into a red liquid that can be used for alchemical actions

@HeyItsCam17 3 жыл бұрын

Many others do too, specifically two boys, a chimera, a scarred man, a silent priestess, and all of a desert town that no longer exists..

@TBLG_7 3 жыл бұрын

Dry

@deanjelbertaustria6174 3 жыл бұрын

Now i remembered king xerxes and the whole country he ruled..

@CygnusLaboratorys2056 3 жыл бұрын

@@HeyItsCam17 excuse me, who?

@HeyItsCam17 3 жыл бұрын

@@CygnusLaboratorys2056 just uh, watch the fullmetal Alchemist 2003 anime

@_KnZed_ 6 жыл бұрын

maybe the reason why they cant transmute things to gold is because their not using a transmutation circle and sacrificing an arm and a leg.

@lightfallonthehead3842 3 жыл бұрын

good point

@bondrewdthelordofdawn3744 Жыл бұрын

And a brother

@gwuhwhuh6248 6 жыл бұрын

WERE GETTIN OUR LIMBS BACK BOYS

@julianzuniga8905 4 жыл бұрын

@AJtheory Full Metal Alchemists

@HeyItsCam17 3 жыл бұрын

HELL YEAH

@vinashnaidu224 3 жыл бұрын

WOOOOOO

@prince_of_denmark 2 жыл бұрын

As a 70-year-old student of nuclear science, i take my hat off to the narrator. Michael, you have explained such a maddeningly complex subject with rare lucidity, in a crisp manner and in such a short time that it rivets the attention of the lay person. Keep up the good work.

@christinaberke5548 2 жыл бұрын

It’s good to know this info, and hopefully on the entirety of the channel, is accurate and makes sense to people in the field

@Fatefulcoast437 Жыл бұрын

I may be too late to talk to you but before this if you had to explain everything how long would it be

@prince_of_denmark Жыл бұрын

@@Fatefulcoast437 Do you think it is a smart question?

@xdeviltrunksx 6 жыл бұрын

Water (35 L) Carbon (20 kg) Ammonia (4 L) Lime (1.5 kg) Phosphorous (800 g) Salt (250 g) Saltpeter (100 g) Sulfur (80 g) Fluorine (7.5 g) Iron (5 g) Silicon (3 g) And 15 traces of other elements.

@MaxonerousX 6 жыл бұрын

Why can't Edward keep everything in moles like any other chemist. Is makes it a lot less tedious

@chibi013 6 жыл бұрын

I wonder if that recipe includes all the microscopic organisms of the human body or take into account the differences in water content between male and female bodies. Also how does the transmutation circle know all the air and everything in it isn't part of the exchange?

@josuemartinext1691 6 жыл бұрын

Now, the cunstructional formula and Finally some soul data

@tsiki3533 6 жыл бұрын

and 1 human soul

@murlokabram8380 6 жыл бұрын

Maxonerous X well, you don't cook in moles do you?

@kefkaZZZ 4 жыл бұрын

It’s incredible that alchemy has finally achieved its goal. Alchemy is what gave us chemistry and therefore the processes to get to this point.

@ledumpsterfire6474 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly still in a practically useless capacity outside of research purposes, but nonetheless, the point stands.

@madi1003 6 жыл бұрын

Comments: 60% fullmetal alchemist fans 30% Harry Potter fans 10% people who actually care

@tayyabpirzada146 6 жыл бұрын

I care...I was here for the chemistry

@cooperjai405 6 жыл бұрын

And 10% people who can't math...

@andrewgan557 6 жыл бұрын

Victoria Riddle I care. I just watch terry jones medieval life were he mentioned that someone accidentally turned lead into gold.

@XXXkazeXXX 6 жыл бұрын

😂

@cooperjai405 6 жыл бұрын

It was edited after I commented...

@Pokemonfan4ever 6 жыл бұрын

Even though "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was released a few years before the FMA manga was, I relate the Philosopher's Stone to FMA. This may have happened because the USA's release was re-branded as "The Sorcerer's Stone", but frankly, it doesn't really matter which was first. It only matters which one you first associated with the word

@Master_Therion 6 жыл бұрын

3:35 What did the mercury say to the radioactive gold? "Au, get out of here."

@Gryphonzwing 6 жыл бұрын

Au just made Comedy Gold. XD

@medexamtoolsdotcom 5 жыл бұрын

Did I laugh at your joke? Sodium hydride. Yttrium oxygen uranium sulfur uranium carbon potassium.

@dementedvulture2502 5 жыл бұрын

69? get down with the 79 if you want to have fun

@moobattle 5 жыл бұрын

Medexamtoolsdotcom Nobelium Uranium

@dementedvulture2502 5 жыл бұрын

@@moobattle noice

@DummyAccount 6 жыл бұрын

Going by the comments, it seems most relate the philosopher's stone to FMA and not Harry Pothead

@carleemalmberg1345 6 жыл бұрын

AsciiGDL I was gonna say something similar! It's what I think of first at least💜 yay full metal!

@maxdrags3115 6 жыл бұрын

I related it to Flash Season 3 lol xD

@Xenbiotic 6 жыл бұрын

I'm with you on this one. And I don't even watch anime often. But the stone kinda plays a "small" role in the series compared to Harry Potter...

@Revilik 6 жыл бұрын

I had a feeling more people, myself included, would have thought of the Elric brothers looking to restore their bodies first.

@fabianthegreat10 6 жыл бұрын

AsciiGDL Because everyone here has already realized that FMA is more amazing.

@TheFuryHasCome 6 жыл бұрын

How many brothers does it take to bring back their dead mother? Just one, and an arm and a leg of another.

@ThisIsTaco1 6 жыл бұрын

Just the arm, the leg is if you want to mend your mistakes.

@demiboi0315 6 жыл бұрын

What does it take to make a talking dog? Just a child and a dog.

@_____alyptic 6 жыл бұрын

I dont get it :s

@demiboi0315 6 жыл бұрын

It's a reference to FMA, where an alchemist father experimented on his daughter and dog, resulting in both fusing together.

@mexicanmoustache8180 6 жыл бұрын

Actually they failed on doing that. Haha

@clearmenser 6 жыл бұрын

Well... Alchemy was a lot more complex than just turning lead into gold. It's metaphysical and the alchemist is searching for a way to turn his body into pure spirit.

@robinsuj 6 жыл бұрын

So, we used the ultimate human method: hit it REALLY hard.

@MidnightMan5001 2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like something Goku would say.

@bipo1040 6 жыл бұрын

But are these philosopher stones made of people?

@gentleman_oni 6 жыл бұрын

Listen to me Hatcher, you have to tell them! PHILOSOPHER STONES ARE PEOPLE!! we gotta stop them... somehow!

@GloomyFish 6 жыл бұрын

ㅤBipo10 yeah they're made of compressed philosophers, hence the namr

@useodyseeorbitchute9450 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, need for raw materials is the only reason why nowadays universities still keep philosophy departments.

@medexamtoolsdotcom 5 жыл бұрын

No, they just were peed out from their kidneys.

@Amaleigh2024 5 жыл бұрын

ㅤBipo10 and is it the heart of every homunculus?

@MeleeTiger 6 жыл бұрын

Practicality be damned, we can still say "yes, we've turned one metal into another" which is still pretty damn impressive!

@b1ff Жыл бұрын

lol There is nothing impressive about doing by hand what the universe already does by itself, given enough (as in “panic-inducingly gargantuan amounts of”) time. Trying to do it faster than the universe already does implies practicality, which you’ve damned.

@HeadsFullOfEyeballs 6 жыл бұрын

I think it's kind of neat that the easiest element to turn into gold(-ish) turned out to be mercury, seeing as mercury is the _other_ element alchemists tended to obsess over.

@estergrant6713 Жыл бұрын

i like the idea that if you do turn it to gold it’s radioactive. gives me a curse to those with greed “the alchemists cursed gold”

@James-wl4wi 6 жыл бұрын

First thing that pops into my mind when I hear philosopher stone I think about Full Metal Alchemists

@adamstone897 6 жыл бұрын

james edwards lols, I can make evil invocations over a thorn leaves, I did so once at the age of 4 in 1997

@raulsalcedo8332 6 жыл бұрын

james edwards ikr I grew up reading The sorcerer's stone. Not philosophers stone

@qe7ze9uq5n 6 жыл бұрын

james edwards same here

@alexzandraboyd685 6 жыл бұрын

james edwards same

@samuelflemmings3460 6 жыл бұрын

what is that

@ricelovingasian69 6 жыл бұрын

Ok the comment section is full metal alchemist lol

@cristianverdugogalaz8725 6 жыл бұрын

thats what i like to see

@svenalans2707 5 жыл бұрын

There's also a bunch of harry potter ones but you'd have to dig deeper in the comments

@joehumpston7937 4 жыл бұрын

Rice loving asian H2O-35 L., C-20 kg, NH3-4L, CaOH2-1.5 kg, P-800 g, NaCl-250 g, KNO3-100 g, S-80 g, Fl-7.5 g, Fe-5 g, Si-3 g, plus traces of 15 other elements

@beforecuddlybunnylps841 4 жыл бұрын

@@cristianverdugogalaz8725 should have appeared in BTD 6 viewers reccomended

@joehumpston7937 4 жыл бұрын

Erect Penis according to the Mythology of Fullmetal Alchemist, that list represents the biochemical composition of the human body for the average adult

@cherishchihiro2173 6 жыл бұрын

Can I bring back my brother's body with this ??

@jasvinsan 6 жыл бұрын

squish but if u mess up ..it will cost u ur arm or ur whole body 😂

@jkm7983 6 жыл бұрын

You have to give up alchemy

@F5_cena 5 жыл бұрын

You need the elder wand and the blood of the chosen 1

@PipBoyGaming 4 жыл бұрын

@@F5_cena get out.

@PipBoyGaming 4 жыл бұрын

UwU

@nandoginkaku7610 6 жыл бұрын

Michael, you need to sacarifice people to obtain a philosopher's stone. In the millions preferably for the best results. That is the equivalent exchange needed

@stiimuli 6 жыл бұрын

Equivalent exchange.

@laurak5838 6 жыл бұрын

I love your videos. The thorough explanations on each topic are easy to understand, the way information is presented makes it retainable, and all of your hosts are fun to learn from. Thank you for providing us with quality, entertaining, and informative content!

@GodlikeIridium 6 жыл бұрын

The philosophers particle accelerator: It turns huge loads of money into a tiny bit of knowledge^^

@JorgeStolfi 6 жыл бұрын

Alchemists only thought of turning lead into gold less than 1000 years ago, when the books of Jabir ibn Hayyan were translated and diffused in Europe. He had devised an alternative theory to replace the Four Elements of the Greek. His theory claimed that all metals were made of the same two "principles", but different metals combined them in different ways. It was that theory that made turning lead into gold seem a plausible thing worth trying.

@justanotherguywithamoustac8893 6 жыл бұрын

*FMA reference here*

@edi9892 6 жыл бұрын

Just Another Guy With A Moustache two friends virtually inseperable...

@bipo1040 6 жыл бұрын

*[Insert FMA reference here]*

@sakurakou2009 4 жыл бұрын

humans are cheap to make . u have nice legs keep moving forward I am just human can't even save one little girl turned into chimira

@icantthinkrightnow736 4 жыл бұрын

*"Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is Alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth."* - *_Ed....ward_*

@Seydaschu 5 жыл бұрын

I'm sure the alchemists of olde would have a field day learning that machines could turn quicksilver into cursed gold that will eventually revert to mercury once the spell has worn off!

@theokchannel2081 6 жыл бұрын

To activate the machine do you have to clap your hands?

@qe7ze9uq5n 6 жыл бұрын

theokchannel if you haven't seen the truth, then you gotta draw a transmutation circle around it.

@KILLRXNOEVIRUS 6 жыл бұрын

theokchannel If you want to get some gold clap your hands dan dan. Ok sorry. :D

@ynrikotowers3347 6 жыл бұрын

Actually they cant clap there hands they havent seen the gate of truth. I guess the old fasion transmutation circle should suffice

@paavobergmann4920 6 жыл бұрын

to stabilize the radioactive gold isotopes, I´d use the eightfold sigill of stasis. It´s said to work even better than a good whack with a sturdy club.

@niesamain1871 6 жыл бұрын

DasDandyBoy haha bro army

@SilentBudgie 6 жыл бұрын

If I buy my girlfriend a gold ring that turns out to be a radioactive isotope and slowly turns into mercury over time, do you think she'd be angry?

@cristianverdugogalaz8725 6 жыл бұрын

well its a ring only, i think its just not enough mercury to even hurt someone, i might leave some sort of burn on her finger tho, so yeah she would be angry

@Archgeek0 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think she might go mad over it.

@hunszaszist 6 жыл бұрын

Just tell her how much it cost.

@SuperSox97 6 жыл бұрын

Ardusk An arm and a leg?

@richardescobar9306 6 жыл бұрын

SilentBudgie the mercury would kill you.... But that gives me a good idea to break is with my gf

@randomgaming6808 6 жыл бұрын

My first though is of Edward and his little..big brother...

@bernardedwards8461 3 жыл бұрын

The idea of a philosopher's stone stems from a 2,000 year old discovery that if you mix a stone called sphalerite with copper ore, when smelted you end up with brass and, of course, brass resembles gold. A theory became prevalent that if you discovered the right sort of stone you could use it to turn base metals into gold, just as sphalerite turned copper into brass. Sphalerite, by the way, is an ore of zinc.

@lunam7249 Жыл бұрын

thx!❤

@thetruth3068 6 жыл бұрын

Edward Elric need to watch this video..

@DrTryloByte 6 жыл бұрын

The Truth I recognize your name and profioe pic... I think we might have had an argument in the comments of some other video long ago... :)

@JakeSnake07 6 жыл бұрын

Mate, Ed DID turn rocks into gold. It was just done temporarily to get the deed to a mine.

@alexzandraboyd685 6 жыл бұрын

The Truth yup

@nastywishful 3 жыл бұрын

Don't let him watch this

@deanjelbertaustria6174 3 жыл бұрын

What toll will he give in exchange to watch this video? :p

@narumango22 6 жыл бұрын

Full Metal Alchamist

@chrisdetone454 6 жыл бұрын

The first thing you should think of when hearing Philosopher stone should be FMA

@Shabasky1 6 жыл бұрын

*Ed...ward...*

@sophia-dr9bq 6 жыл бұрын

*Big...brother....Ed....*

@rickromo2661 6 жыл бұрын

*shocked look*

@qe7ze9uq5n 6 жыл бұрын

sfxworks Poor Nina and her dog, Alexander.

@ieatmemeswithoutmilk1337 6 жыл бұрын

sfxworks *FLASHBACK INTENSIFIES*

@kaboi9548 6 жыл бұрын

God that episode made me cry!

@oghomelesskid 6 жыл бұрын

Harry Potter? No. Full Metal Alchemist? Yes!

@loganroman5306 6 жыл бұрын

Check out The Film theorists' episode on the value of a human soul.

@Prathmesh31 4 жыл бұрын

When I hear "Philosophers Stone", the first thing that flashes in my mind is image of two young Alchemist who lost their libs and body while performing human transmutation ;-;

@josephcoopernienow 6 жыл бұрын

After binging Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood a ton recently, this video was slightly more entertaining than intended.

@UtaShirokage 2 жыл бұрын

Rewatching this several years later, still can't believe that transmutation is actually a thing

@ishaanupreti6438 Жыл бұрын

Well, technically all elements are born out of Hydrogen and Helium.

@tmck4138 6 жыл бұрын

Can it bring my mom back to life though? If not I don’t want it

@emmethefangirl8785 6 жыл бұрын

Perhaps if you do it right, but if mess up it may cost you an arm and a leg or your whole body.

@JeevesReturns 6 жыл бұрын

T McK Possible, but she’ll just eat your brain. That’s why I leave mine buried. Well, that and it be freaky...and plus I owed her money.

@SilentBudgie 6 жыл бұрын

Sorry about your mom. 😢

@bjpadz 6 жыл бұрын

Somehow not everyone watched that anime (FMA) so a few who commented didn't get the joke.

@jasvinsan 6 жыл бұрын

If messed up it will coat u your arm or ur whole body

@pizzalover4764 6 жыл бұрын

i think of full metal alchemist when you said philosiphers stone.

@KawaiiMadArtist 6 жыл бұрын

What came to my mind was Full Metal Alchemist.

@christopherrodriguez8154 6 жыл бұрын

I instantly thought of Steins;Gate when he said CERN. Anyone else. or was it just me?

@levistrauss5378 6 жыл бұрын

Christopher Rodriguez Yeah, me too. SERN is too busy trying to create a time machine and achieve world domination to worry about creating gold.

@cristianverdugogalaz8725 6 жыл бұрын

F-ing CERN!!!!!

@CaseNumber00 6 жыл бұрын

People crying about CERN but not the Committee of 300? Dont know what that is? Go read the visual novels.

@ricelovingasian69 6 жыл бұрын

FULL METAL ALCHEMIST!!

@reefs3162 6 жыл бұрын

Tiasunep ozk such a good anime One of the best of all time and on my top 3

@HeyItsCam17 3 жыл бұрын

That’s literally most of the comment section

@webinzdude 6 жыл бұрын

Can we please get a playlist of each host's episodes? Like, all Michael's episodes, etc in one playlist.

@allyw7219 6 жыл бұрын

I was learning about this in class a while back and couldn't help but think about how it relates to alchemy. So interesting

@gmaximosis 6 жыл бұрын

the philosophers stone, was actually turning gold into monotonic gold, the elixir of the gods. The spiritual counterpart was turning the profane spirit into am enlightened spirit forged by a life lived via spiritual principles in action.

@hest. 6 жыл бұрын

Fullmeta Alchemist: a less sad and more realistic version

@Hannahdabeast 6 жыл бұрын

Michael has such a lovely voice... All the hosts on sci show have their unique charm, such a great channel.

@BrianFrichette 6 жыл бұрын

This is why I love SciShow. Michael Aranda, always going deep!

@robertma6068 4 жыл бұрын

Always great to see about the philosopher's stone. It's sad that as more and more things get subsumed into pop culture, people end up thinking that a given movie/game etc. is the origin of something fascinating in history is from a movie, game, etc. I often wonder where people now think all the gods come from, etc.

@dereklam1225 6 жыл бұрын

It's so absurd, I really wish "making gold" had made it onto yesterday's quiz show as a true option of the "historical uses of pee"

@AidenAidens 6 жыл бұрын

I purposely sat through a 2.5 minute add to watch this... It's was worth it 🙂. Great video thank you.

@Spurius187 5 жыл бұрын

In my mind the philosopher's stone from equivalent exchange, renamed projecte, a minecraft mod, comes to mind. It allows the transformation of resources into equivalent valued substances

@zurgboy07 4 жыл бұрын

You're wrong When I hear Philosopher Stone = FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

@jeralyncabaluna5819 6 жыл бұрын

Well, Fullmetal Alchemist comes to mind when talking about philosopher's stone.

@Rohan-ip2ks 6 жыл бұрын

Jeralyn Cabaluna what sone shitty cartoon?

@akio3748 5 жыл бұрын

@@Rohan-ip2ks no

@squigglydickley1851 4 жыл бұрын

3:40 Sounds more like fairy gold than regular gold. Fairies change sticks and rocks into gold, use it as payment, and when you get up in the morning, your gold has turned back into sticks

@user975bg 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know that. Learned something new today. Thanks. 🙏

@angelic8632002 6 жыл бұрын

The great irony here is that if it where possible then it would make gold near worthless.

@echoofdawn7209 2 жыл бұрын

if that really happens the world will relies on guy who set the values of numbers that printed on funny looking paper

@karolinakuc4783 8 ай бұрын

Not really. Gold still has some awsome healing properties just like silver.

@desireewolf9458 6 жыл бұрын

FULL METAL ALCHEMIST BROTHERHOOD

@cakeman4527 6 жыл бұрын

5:17 "turning us immortal" a full metal alchemist reference!!

@lilzyky 3 жыл бұрын

harry potter too..

@damiensadventure 6 жыл бұрын

Michael rocks and has best hair! Stay awesome everyone!

@ajsdfjaoine 6 жыл бұрын

Hears: "When you hear philosopher stone, the first thing that comes to mind might be..." Me: "Full Metal Alche...Harry Potter yup Harry Potter"

@beirirangu 6 жыл бұрын

Another fun fact is that only 1 isotope of gold is "stable" (though some believe it emits alpha radiation) , while the second longest lasting has a half-life of only 186 days! With the third being just 6 days!

@Morbidlynx1 3 жыл бұрын

I do wonder if the alchemists claims were because they had a few times obtained radioactive materials without the requisite knowledge. They were on the right track with lead and mercurial experiements. I have to wonder if they accidentally stumbled on this process but were unable to repeat it because of they hadn't discovered radiation.

@zaphodthenth 4 жыл бұрын

Years back I bought a disc called "Bookshop Classics" and in the ancient section there was one book entitled "The Book Of Secrets " by Asclephus. This book told how to make the Philosopher's Stone but not how to use it. No. I was never tempted to make it because it called for both mercury and two powerful acids. Plus a thumbs up from god himself.

@PioneerBlue 6 жыл бұрын

Wrong! We only think of FMA

@McBummly 6 жыл бұрын

i think of full metal alchemists when i hear it.

@Shenn3165 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!

@haldarnitish 6 жыл бұрын

When I first heard philosopher stone the idea came into my mind is "Fullmetal Alchemist" and the innocent isphalen who sacrificed to make them.

@bigedaymon 6 жыл бұрын

When I think of Philosopher Stone I think about Full Metal Alchemist

@corndawg15 6 жыл бұрын

We all thought of FMA baby girl

@ms0824 6 жыл бұрын

very cool stuff here!

@Katfeathers 4 жыл бұрын

Nice info on the literal take. Of note tho when serious alchemists worked on this concept, it was metaphorical: turning the base into the pure, i.e. making a better person out ones' self.

@nicodemusedwards6931 6 жыл бұрын

0:10 *remembers Nina turning into a dog and then Ed loosing his leg and Al loosing his body* not even remotely close

@HeyItsCam17 3 жыл бұрын

Nononononononononononononononononono, not Nina, not Nina....

@carleemalmberg1345 6 жыл бұрын

Forget Harry Potter it's alll about Full Metal Alchemist💕

@qe7ze9uq5n 6 жыл бұрын

carlee Malmberg true

@lorimieure3910 5 жыл бұрын

These muggles make no sense....

@toxicsquid8256 4 жыл бұрын

this is a great help for my chemistry

@twotonetheartist 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid.

@thomasdimarco1167 6 жыл бұрын

I have a question: what makes you blink when you hear a loud noise?

@Resolv3 5 жыл бұрын

Reflexes.

@theiofit3373 5 жыл бұрын

My massive kokc

@SoraByers 5 жыл бұрын

It's a reflex that is supposed to help protect your eyes from a potential threat

@SoraByers 5 жыл бұрын

Actually I have no idea that just sound very reasonable to me

@fizhouz328 5 жыл бұрын

@@theiofit3373 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@xxDrain 6 жыл бұрын

Turn mercury into heavy gold. Pawn it. Laugh as it turns back to mercury and irradiates the pawnshop.

@NeutralDrow 4 жыл бұрын

I notice this video didn't mention another common alchemical goal: finding the universal solvent. Which turned out to be...water. And no one wanted to admit it for the longest time.

@YrjoPuska777 6 жыл бұрын

Turning lead into gold is a metaphor! Im sure some alchemists actually tried it, but basically its the same thing what buddha said about enlightenment..

@fleiteh 6 жыл бұрын

Harry Potter doesn't come to mind, FMA does.

@emmethefangirl8785 6 жыл бұрын

"When you think of philosopher stones you probably think of Harry Potter" Um...no...I thought of FMA...

@SimuLord 6 жыл бұрын

It seems to me that the practical purpose of turning lead into gold (or anything else into gold) is just to say "who cares what value it has commercially, humanity's wanted to do this for centuries and we pulled it off. Pretty cool, huh?" Sometimes science is just fun.

@aprilpenname8814 6 жыл бұрын

I could listen to this guy all day

@Vergil9O 6 жыл бұрын

Alchemy: the science of understanding, deconstructing, and reconstructing matter. However, it is not an all-powerful art. It is impossible to create something out of nothing. If one wishes to obtain something, something of equal value must be given. This is the law of equivalent exchange; the basis of all alchemy. In accordance to this law, there is a taboo among alchemists. Human transmutation is strictly forbidden. For what could equal the value of a human soul?

@thekingofsauce3556 6 жыл бұрын

No I think of the Elric Brothers trying to bring back their mom Equivalent Exchange

@guyclykos 4 жыл бұрын

All they needed was a large transmutation circle that accelerates particles near to the speed of light.

@gohan4585 6 жыл бұрын

oldschool alchemists used substances with similar attributes to gold and combined them while discarding the rest. they used natural geometric patterns that repeat on smaller scales to sort the particles and extract the product. much like how gold miners use a sluice and rotate the water to separate gold particles from sand and stuff

@patrickedgley7103 6 жыл бұрын

Perhaps the ancient philosophers somehow connected transmutation with some form of immortality... I realise this sounds stupid but 'the philosophers stone' sounds more like a thought experiment than an actual stone.

@MerkhVision 2 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right. There are 2 sides to the historical study of Alchemy. One side of it was primitive chemistry, but the other side saw the whole thing as a metaphor for spiritual progress. Turning lead into gold was symbolic of a human reaching enlightenment! The transmutation was the process of personal growth!