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		margalabargala on Jan 21, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Invisible Electrostatic Wall at 3M plant (1996) Considering that it's possible to levitate a live frog with a (very strong) magnet without killing it, I'm able to believe that a sufficiently strong magnetic field can be detectable by a human without killing or immediately, obviously harming them.

AlotOfReading on Jan 21, 2025 [–]

This is an electrostatic field, which has no magnetic component in the classical model.

HelloNurse on Jan 22, 2025 | [–]

And more practically is likely to be detected, when approaching it casually, by discharging it through the closest body part.

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