SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoWhat would happen to society if all magnets suddenly lost their magnetism?message-squaremessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1125arrow-down1message-squareWhat would happen to society if all magnets suddenly lost their magnetism?SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square64linkfedilinkfile-text
Alternatively, what would happen if the loss of magnetism instead happened gradually over a period of time?
minus-squareMelllvar@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86arrow-down1·10 days agoDepending on what counts as a “magnet”, the loss of magnetism could destroy the universe.
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down1·10 days agoMaybe the exercise should be limited to all ferrous metals just became inert.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·10 days 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-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 days agoCan’t get sunburnt if there’s no sun. taps forehead
minus-squareconfuser@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoYeah I think its just a polarity flip and nothing would actually happen so long as we properly compensate
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.
Can’t get sunburnt if there’s no sun.
taps forehead
Yeah I think its just a polarity flip and nothing would actually happen so long as we properly compensate