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Re:New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect a... by baq on Monday November 24, 2025 @04:46AM (#46032182)
Just listen to Feynmann trying to explain why he can't explain magnetism in macro terms (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO0r930Sn_8)
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Re:New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect a... by K0balt on Monday November 24, 2025 @07:30AM (#46033401)
So, are you telling me that we actually-don’t- know how magnets work lol?
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Re:New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect a... by baq on Monday November 24, 2025 @08:27AM (#46033873)
Not at all - but we don't know how to explain how they work using any analogy from the macro world that we intuitively understand.
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