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As difficult as entanglement is to believe, as well as understand, it is a well established property of quantum mechanics. And some physicists are suggesting that birds and other animals might be using the effect to see and navigate Earth's magnetic fields.
The process could work via light-triggered interactions on a chemical in bird’s eyes.
Light would excite two electrons on a molecule in the bird’s eye, switching one onto a second molecule, but the two would remain entangled even though they’re separated.
originally posted by: 3daysgone
a reply to: BELIEVERpriest
That is a cool super power. Stay away from kryptonite just in case.
originally posted by: BELIEVERpriest
a reply to: dogstar23
Yeah, that's kinda what it looks like. Like when heat on the pavement is distorting the air as it rises, but its really faint. There's really no other explanation IMO. Its not like I'm seeing Virtual Particles or anything like that. The human eye cant even see a bunch of atoms clumped together. It has to be related to air density.
originally posted by: AMPTAH
originally posted by: BELIEVERpriest
playing with some neodymium magnets, when I leaned in to focus, and suddenly realized that I am able to see what looks like very, very, fine steam-like particles moving between the attracting poles of the magnets. It kinda looks like steam rising from a cup of coffee when the light is passing through it. I have to focus really hard, but I'm definitely seeing something.
Yeah, well the air is full of dust particles, which carry charges, and which "scatter" light coming in from any light source.
Since the small particles in the air are always moving due to "Brownian Motion", they will form little random electric currents in the air, and any charged current moving in a magnetic field will be "deflected" and begin to move in some "pattern" due to the magnetic field itself having a "geometric pattern."
So, you should expect to see some pattern of moving particles between the magnets under the right set of circumstances.
To test the theory, about what you're actually seeing, you could "enhance" the effect by
1) increasing the number of dust particles in the air
2) arranging the light source so that it scatters off the dust particles more (like when the sun is setting, the dust in your room shows up more clearly; or like how the light through a barn window will illuminate the dust in the barn becaue of the angle of the light etc..)
With very strong magnets, it's not surprising that you "see something."
Definitely stay away from MRI scanners with an energy rating of 5000 Gauss or more (Earth's magnetic field is 0.5 Gauss). Depending on the polarity, you could be sucked into the scanner or repelled straight out of the room.
Have you recently been exposed to a glowing meteorite? Are you also starting to jump ever increasingly high? Can you lift a small car on your own yet?
originally posted by: BELIEVERpriest
a reply to: intrptr
Obviously my eyes cant see subatomic particles, but as another member mentioned, perhaps the magnetic field is distorting the air density between two joining poles.