SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat would happen to society if all magnets suddenly lost their magnetism?message-squaremessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-down1message-squareWhat would happen to society if all magnets suddenly lost their magnetism?SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square64linkfedilinkfile-text
Alternatively, what would happen if the loss of magnetism instead happened gradually over a period of time?
minus-squareMelllvar@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86·1 month agoDepending on what counts as a “magnet”, the loss of magnetism could destroy the universe.
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoMaybe the exercise should be limited to all ferrous metals just became inert.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 month 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-up9·1 month agoCan’t get sunburnt if there’s no sun. taps forehead
minus-squareconfuser@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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