Thread: Is there any 6th element in nature?

except for these.
fire, air ,earth, water, quintessence.

a discussion on 6 th element : What the hell is the sixth element???? - NarutoBase Forums (Yin and Yang????!!!!)
I didnot understand this discusion so I put this question here.

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There over one hundred elements. None of them are fire, air ,earth, water or quintessence (whatever that is).

Dynamic Periodic Table

Originally Posted by Strange

There over one hundred elements. None of them are fire, air ,earth, water or quintessence (whatever that is).

Dynamic Periodic Table

nice to see quick reply!
I am talking of Greek/Aristotle's Idea about Matter.
see attachment

Maybe you should ask in the history forum then, because it isn't biology (or any other science).

I assume the answer is no because if Aristotle had invented any other "elements" you would have read about them in the same place.

Just to be clear, what you are asking is equivalent to: Is there an eighth dwarf in Snow White? Or is there a fourth musketeer. Or an eighth samurai. Or a fifth horseman of the apocalypse.

@ mods : I mistakenly initiated this thread in Biology. kindly post it in any other Section where it belongs (most probably Chemistry), or delete it.

@Strange: you are not getting any idea of this question. It seems to be real strange to you.

The correct section would be pseudoscience.
The historical belief in four elements - earth air fire and water - is not science, but a form of fiction disguised as science.

Originally Posted by skeptic

The correct section would be pseudoscience.
The historical belief in four elements - earth air fire and water - is not science, but a form of fiction disguised as science.

I see it wound up in pseudo, good.
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And it's ancient historical fiction at that.

NO

Tridimity

Originally Posted by precious

@Strange: you are not getting any idea of this question. It seems to be real strange to you.

And you do not seem to be getting the idea of the answers. There are not four elements alone, there are not five elements alone, there are not six elements alone. The elements described by Aristotle are not elements in the modern sense, nor do they possess many of the elemental properties that Aristotle believed they had.

You suggest the thread might have been more at home in chemistry. Rubbish! To repeat Aristotle's concept of the elements is a discarded, incorrect, obsolete idea.

Originally Posted by precious

@ mods : I mistakenly initiated this thread in Biology. kindly post it in any other Section where it belongs (most probably Chemistry), or delete it.

@Strange: you are not getting any idea of this question. It seems to be real strange to you.

Fascinating post!
Wonderful to see a fine mind operating at full power.
I assume this is yet another example of thinking "out of the box".

Originally Posted by Halliday

Originally Posted by precious

@ mods : I mistakenly initiated this thread in Biology. kindly post it in any other Section where it belongs (most probably Chemistry), or delete it.

@Strange: you are not getting any idea of this question. It seems to be real strange to you.

Fascinating post!
Wonderful to see a fine mind operating at full power.
I assume this is yet another example of thinking "out of the box".

thank you. Your reply to my query is accurate!

Hey I have not given this theory, I have just put it here. So before attacking me you should use your common sense and It is not necessar to think out of box for every question.

Originally Posted by John Galt

Originally Posted by precious

@Strange: you are not getting any idea of this question. It seems to be real strange to you.

And you do not seem to be getting the idea of the answers. There are not four elements alone, there are not five elements alone, there are not six elements alone. The elements described by Aristotle are not elements in the modern sense, nor do they possess many of the elemental properties that Aristotle believed they had.

You suggest the thread might have been more at home in chemistry. Rubbish! To repeat Aristotle's concept of the elements is a discarded, incorrect, obsolete idea.

Thank you for reply.......
I had studied this concept in the course / class of Chemistry in my 10th grade. But it is better to put it in Pseudoscience.
Thanx to Mods

Precious I would like you to think about this. Why was it introduced in your chemistry class?

I'll answer that for you. The teacher was seeking to introduce you to the history of chemistry. They may also have mentioned the phlogiston theory, which tried to explain combustion. Historical ideas have a definite place in teaching any of the sciences. I hope we can all agree on that.

However, your question appeared to assume that Aristotle's concept of four or five elements was still considered valid. It was as if you were to ask a question about a geocentric universe, saying "The crystal sphere that the sun is fixed in that rotates around the world, how thick is it?" You just don't seem to be exercising very much judgement or thought when you ask these questions.

I don't wish to discourage your questions, but I do wish you would think them through a little more carefully before posting.

With the best of intentions and warm regards,
John

Um,

Originally Posted by Strange

Or is there a fourth musketeer.

D'Artagnan?

Or a fifth horseman of the apocalypse.

Yup, Ronnie Soak. But he left before they became famous due to artistic differences.

Originally Posted by Dywyddyr

Um,

Originally Posted by Strange

Or is there a fourth musketeer.

D'Artagnan?

You'll be trying to tell me there were 5 Marx Brothers next. Pfff.

Six!
Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, Zeppo and Karl.

Doh. I can't count.

Hang on ....

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.... does that mean they are the six elements!!1!

Isn't it a Bruce Willis sequel?