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Magnetism only feels like magic, because we don't have biological sensors for it (feddit.de)
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Think about it. Isn't light+eyes and ears+sound just the same in terms of their "influence at a distance"? We don't feel that as abnormal or magic - simply because we've sensors for them and are used to it. But physically speaking light and magnetism are based on electromagnetic forces.

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[โ€“] hperrin@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (15 children)

You can implant a small magnet in your fingertip and then have the ability to sense magnetic fields.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_implant

[โ€“] Albert_Einstein@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

detecting magnetism will rarely be useful for humans especially in the context of survival

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