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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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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I mean, it'd be no different than what it does for all the other sensors. Just those kick on and start training at birth whereas any augment is going to be in adulthood. But the brain is really really good at figuring that stuff out so it'd be interesting, kinda want to do it now lolol