The study of phenomena that cannot be directly touched or handled—fields, forces, information, consciousness, and the other invisible actors that shape reality. Intangible sciences include electromagnetism (you can't touch a magnetic field, but it can move you), information theory (you can't hold a bit, but it shapes everything), and most of modern physics (fields are real but intangible). These sciences require instruments to detect their subjects and mathematics to describe them; they're abstract, counterintuitive, and essential to modern life. Your phone works because of intangible sciences; your GPS works because of them; your understanding of the universe would be medieval without them. Intangible sciences are the ghost in the machine of reality—you can't see them, but you can't explain anything without them.

Example: "She studied intangible sciences—electromagnetic fields, quantum information, the nature of consciousness. Her father asked what she actually did all day. She said 'I think about things you can't touch.' He asked if that was a real job. She pointed to his phone, his GPS, his medical imaging—all products of intangible sciences. He conceded that maybe thinking about untouchable things had its uses."

Intangible Sciences by Dumu The Void February 16, 2026

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Supertwink's Tangible/Intangible Gay Boyfriend

I could have made that story so much better and he has the best power so now I have to talk about him even though I don't necessarily want to...

Hym "Wouldn't it be better if Supertwink's Tangible/Intangible Gay Boyfriend was really the villain? He's obsessed with Superboy so he resolves to augment the red kryptonite he finds one day and turns it pink in a lab accident that results in him becoming both tangible and intangible.

Then he uses the pink kryptonite to turn superboy gay and get superboy to molest his butthole. But Superman thinks something is amiss. He found himself suspiciously horny around that gay dude. So he enlists Batman to follow him. Who is this tangible/intangible gay man and why have they never heard of someone with such an overwhelming power? So they investigate and the truth is revealed but WHAT COULD THEY POSSIBLY DO AGAINST SOMEONE WHO IS NOT TANGIBLE!? So they are left to fight superboy to try and get him away from the pink kryptonite but OH NO! Supertwink's Tangible/Intangible Gay Boyfriend doesn't have to deal with molecular entanglement! Molecules that aren't his are displaced when he becomes tangible! Even the Kryptonian's hyper-dense molecular structure isn't safe from molecular displacement! It's ok! Batman called a friend 30 minutes ago. Barry Allen comes flying in 'Sorry I'm late!' Barry can ALSO pass through solid objects and is able to vibrate hus molecules so that Supertwink's Tangible/Intangible Gay Boyfriend can't permeate through Barry's body! Supertwink's Tangible/Intangible Gay Boyfriend is defeated! Superboy is traumatized from being used and molested! Bring him some whores to spite Hym! That'll make it all better!"

Supertwink's Tangible/Intangible Gay Boyfriend by Hym Iam March 11, 2023

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Intangibles

A cliche used by sports media to describe aspects of a player's game or personality which cannot be tracked by statistics.

This usually refers to leadership qualities or enthusiasm for the game.

Shane Battier is a true leader who brings intangibles to the table.

Colton Smith has insane upside as well as great intangibles.

While it's true that he puts up stats, he just doesn't have any intangibles.

Intangibles by Digitech January 4, 2011

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