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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by swnt@feddit.de to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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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[-] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago

You would be in serious trouble if you ever needed an MRI...

[-] Stoneykins@mander.xyz 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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?

[-] Stoneykins@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

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