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Magnetism only feels like magic, because we don't have biological sensors for it (feddit.de)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 5 points 2 years ago

I don't even know that implanting them is necessary. See the idea behind this device, which gives you a sense of direction relative to the Earth's magnetic field.

I think a wearable device with the right type of feedback would probably work too.

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