> Where do you draw the line between ‘synthesis’ and ‘manufacturing’? I assume the layperson will respond: "Synthesis uses chemicals, and manufacturing doesn't

> Where do you draw the line between ‘synthesis’ and ‘manufacturing’? I assume the layperson will respond: "Synthesis uses chemicals, and manufacturing doesn't!" (visualizing a bandsaw or a punch-press machine) Of course manufacturing uses plenty of chemicals, but we don't always think about that when visualizing mechanical assembly processes.