synthetic materialism

A framework of material reality as a manifestation of the irreversible nature of linear time

Posits linear time, material reality, and history as illusions or antitheses of Nietzsche's nihilism.

The synthesis of Karl Marx's dialectical materialism

Synthetic materialism argues that there is no history and by extension that there is no material reality.

Rather than material reality creating the illusion of a past, synthetic materialism argues that the past creates the illusion of material reality

by sandraxine December 15, 2017

synthetic material

A material that is man-made possibly in a laboratory and can't be found in nature

Nylon is a synthetic material

by Imyourpapertown October 29, 2017

Synthetic Materials

Engineered substances with properties not found in naturally occurring materials, created by precisely structuring matter at the atomic or molecular level. This includes metamaterials that bend light or sound in unnatural ways, aerogels that are 99% air yet strong, self-healing polymers, and programmable matter. These materials are built, not mined, and their characteristics—strength, conductivity, optical properties—are dictated by design rather than geological chance. They are the literal building blocks of advanced technology.

Synthetic Materials *Example: A spacecraft heat shield made of a Synthetic Material that can withstand 3000°C and then repair its own micro-cracks, or "invisibility cloak" metamaterials that steer radar waves around an object, are revolutionary because their core functionality is engineered from the ground up, breaking the natural limits of ceramics, metals, or plastics.*

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 3, 2026