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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€“] phx@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We kinda do though, we just don't often see them as having magnets but most electric motors work on principles of magnetism.

[โ€“] Uncle_Bagel@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

We can also see a knot and understand that is how the rope is doing what we want. We cant see magnetic fields, nor can we even detect them directly with our senses aside from metal fillings around a magnet. If we could detect magnetic fields like some fish, we would probably find magnets much more intuitive.