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Re:Chemists Invent Drugs and Drugs Save Lives by aa-jv on Thursday April 18, 2024 @06:37AM (#40074778)
Whoever discovered alcohol was the first chemist. Whoever got drunk on it, the first addict. They could be the same.
Re:Chemists Invent Drugs and Drugs Save Lives by defrost on Thursday April 18, 2024 @07:31AM (#40075040)
> Whoever discovered alcohol was the first chemist.

How does drinking|eating naturally fermented fruit or grains make someone a chemist?

You understand that elephants "discovered" alcohol also, does that make elephants chemists?

Even recreating the natural process on demand later on barely rates as "chemistry" given the lack of any need to understand the process.

Re:Chemists Invent Drugs and Drugs Save Lives by vibrio on Thursday April 18, 2024 @07:37AM (#40075094)
I think the point of that reply was that There was no “one moment” alcohol and drunkenness was discovered. It’s been there since fermentation and cognition evolved-before any intent was possible.