SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoWhat would happen to society if all magnets suddenly lost their magnetism?message-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1117arrow-down1message-squareWhat would happen to society if all magnets suddenly lost their magnetism?SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
Alternatively, what would happen if the loss of magnetism instead happened gradually over a period of time?
minus-squareMelllvar@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up79·23 hours agoDepending on what counts as a “magnet”, the loss of magnetism could destroy the universe.
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·edit-223 hours agoMaybe the exercise should be limited to all ferrous metals just became inert.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·22 hours agoWelp, bye bye to the shield against the Sun’s deadly laser. Although I guess that also means bye bye to the laser too? Hmm.
minus-squareconfuser@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoYeah I think its just a polarity flip and nothing would actually happen so long as we properly compensate
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·13 hours agoCan’t get sunburnt if there’s no sun. taps forehead
Depending on what counts as a “magnet”, the loss of magnetism could destroy the universe.
Maybe the exercise should be limited to all ferrous metals just became inert.
Welp, bye bye to the shield against the Sun’s deadly laser. Although I guess that also means bye bye to the laser too? Hmm.
Yeah I think its just a polarity flip and nothing would actually happen so long as we properly compensate
Can’t get sunburnt if there’s no sun.
taps forehead