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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Magnetism only feels like magic, because we don't have biological sensors for it (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 year ago (24 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You would have at least one part to a functioning magnet at all times lol ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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