Originally Posted By: Gnomon


.....I did not get back to you because my answer would have made no sense to anyone who has alternative views of scientific methodology....

....There is no such discipline as the "philosophy of biochemistry" and what the hell has biochem got to do with labs in organic synthesis and the conservation of matter?



I honestly don't know g. When organic and synthesis are hooked together, it seems the fall under the biochemistry category. I would be able to understand it, so you rightly took your high road.

I just saw it as a possible concrete point to discuss, rather than feeling, history and general philosophical approach. No big deal, definitely not important.