Magnetism only feels like magic, because we don't have biological sensors for it

swnt@feddit.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world – 357 points –

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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What if you implanted thousands of small magnets just underneath your skin all over your body?

Actually putting a magnet in your fingertip so you can "feel" magnetic objects is a bodymod I've heard some people do

But yeah, like @Pons_Aelius@kbin.social said, MRIs probably aren't an option ever again unless you have it removed. I guess removing one from your finger would be easier than everywhere on your body.

Edit: I should have read the comment section before typing this, people are already talking about it lol

I wonder if that works with, like, jewelry. Could you build up the same sensations if you, say, practically always wore rings with magnets in them?

I would guess probably! Just less sensitive, I think they put them in fingertips specifically because of the amount of touch sensitive nerves.