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Re:Proprioception: The Silent “Sixth” Sense by jayd16 on Saturday December 14, 2019 @07:21PM (#21793413)
>we have some of the mechanisms needed to sense magnetic fields, but no compelling evidence

Well you can easily sense charge if it's enough to lift your hair. We can also feel electric shock. I'm not sure if you want to categorize those as touch.

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Re:Proprioception: The Silent “Sixth” Sense by willis936 on Saturday December 14, 2019 @07:27PM (#21793459)
Those are actuating nerves that are traditionally considered “touch”. We have separate hardware for sensing magnetic fields.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2018/10/20/448...

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