Bio alchemy?

TiredThinker December 14, 2022 at 20:25 2650 views 10 comments
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PbDBSsuNdyc

In this video it looks like the author is saying element transmutation might be possible using biological means. I don't know if his calculations are correct or if there is another explanation. I assume it isn't possible because of the strong atomic forces. What does everyone think? Complete nonsense?

Comments (10)

Banno December 14, 2022 at 20:41 #763951

If this works reliably, why are there not whole industries based on it?

TiredThinker December 15, 2022 at 00:13 #764005
Reply to Banno

My thought too, but is there anything wrong with the math?
Banno December 15, 2022 at 04:22 #764031
Reply to TiredThinker What maths?
universeness December 15, 2022 at 14:04 #764114
Reply to TiredThinker
In the initial work he cites, done by John Baptist von Helmont, the narrator suggests the 75kg gained by the tree was from water alone!! He makes no mention of photosynthesis!!
Was this tree kept in a pitch dark cellar?
I am no biologist or chemist but the fact that photosynthesis was not mentioned as affecting the growth of the tree, leaves me wondering what other aspects relating to growth were coveniently missed out, in the other examples they cite.
Olivier5 December 15, 2022 at 18:02 #764167
Quoting TiredThinker
Complete nonsense?


Most probably. Plants and animals can die if not fed certain elements, like potassium or iodine and scores of others. Starve a plant of any of them and it will die, quickly or slowly depending on the element. This indicates that plants cannot transmutate one element into another. Otherwise they would do so to avoid or manage mineral deficiencies.
TiredThinker December 15, 2022 at 20:50 #764219
Reply to Banno

When he describes materials like sodium, potassium, silicone, etc changing proportions without it being clear where the extra stuff is coming from.
TiredThinker December 15, 2022 at 20:57 #764221
Reply to universeness:up:
T Clark December 15, 2022 at 21:01 #764223
My bologna has a first name, it's b-i-o-l-o-g-i-c-a-l.
My bologna has a second name, it's t-r-a-n-s-m-u-t-a-t-i-o-n.
I love to listen every day.
And if you ask me why I'll say.
Cause biological transmutation has a way.
With b-o-l-o-g-n-a.

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Banno December 15, 2022 at 21:13 #764228
Reply to TiredThinker They are most probably badly designed experiments. There's nothing to see here. Move along.
Moliere December 15, 2022 at 23:00 #764264
Reply to Banno Reply to TiredThinker Banno got it right. Digging through the historical record to find scientists who agree with you isn't as hard as you might imagine. Scientists often believe false things.

That's why science is done collectively. It's easy to believe false things all on your lonesome.