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Since Matter and Energy are interchangeable...although we do not know how to do this...
Originally posted by ecapsretuo
It is the second time I have posted this link here. I am fascinated with Ed Leedskanlin's "beginner's mind" understanding of magnetism. (1945)
"Magnetic current is the same as electric current. Current is a wrong expression. Really it is not one current, they are two currents, one current is composed of individual North Pole magnets in concentrated streams and the other is composed of individual South Pole magnets in concentrated streams, and they are running one stream against the other stream in whirling, screwlike fashion, and with high speed..."
I recall that he says the magnetic force is actually a lot of tiny magnets, and about getting more and more of these magnets moving along a line, thus creating a physical force... it is beautiful to read because he is so simple, yet expressing ideas I think that are unacknowledged by science. As you say, magnetism remains a mystery.
But to realize the physical miracle of Ed's creation, Coral Castle, is to realize that he had a profound understanding of natural forces and their potential utilization.
I wish I could wrap my head around Ed's little paper.
Originally posted by colin42
reply to post by SplitInfinity
Found it but you only have 16 hours to watch it.
Iplayer Horizon
My god, you sir do not do yourself justice at all, your knowledge of this subject is "expert" in nature, when compared even to the learned.
If I may for a moment pick your brain. Why is it, in your summation, that a natural body, short of a magnetar, produces such a low level gauss field, than is capable by electromagnets here and now on earth, without even using super conductors?
ETA- to be more specific, we herfe on earth create gauss fields that are factors higher even than the sun itself, yet this occurs even without using superconducting magnets.
If super conducting magnets are used, the gauss field potential is limited only by our ability to feed it power. So why is it that when we use simple to create current, we can make such a overpowered gauss filed with much ease, but nature does not produce these fields except in the most extreme of cases(magnetars).
It simply stated, occurs to one, that the universe wastes nothing, yet fails to use the magnetic monopoly at its disposal forfar greater use than it is observed using.
This has always made me wander, as every other force seems to be used to near its full potential, save electromagnetism in the natural world.
It is almost as if the universe, as efficient as it is on all the other 3 forces, wastes its most powerful force, and barely even uses its potential at all.
For example: gravity is the most obious of the 4( known) yet a simple "load staone" defies it, and nature seems to not capitaise on its use, the way it does gravity, and the strong and weak nuclear forces.
It's foolish to try.
Originally posted by ecapsretuo
It is the second time I have posted this link here. I am fascinated with Ed Leedskanlin's "beginner's mind" understanding of magnetism. (1945)
"Magnetic current is the same as electric current. " I wish I could wrap my head around Ed's little paper.
16 hours left to watch, the program is about 50 mins not 16 hours long
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
Originally posted by colin42
reply to post by SplitInfinity
Found it but you only have 16 hours to watch it.
Iplayer Horizon
16 HOURS! I can barely get through the News without getting restless! LOL!
Split Infinity
Originally posted by ecapsretuo
It is the second time I have posted this link here. I am fascinated with Ed Leedskanlin's "beginner's mind" understanding of magnetism. (1945)
"Magnetic current is the same as electric current. Current is a wrong expression. Really it is not one current, they are two currents, one current is composed of individual North Pole magnets in concentrated streams and the other is composed of individual South Pole magnets in concentrated streams, and they are running one stream against the other stream in whirling, screwlike fashion, and with high speed..."
I recall that he says the magnetic force is actually a lot of tiny magnets, and about getting more and more of these magnets moving along a line, thus creating a physical force... it is beautiful to read because he is so simple, yet expressing ideas I think that are unacknowledged by science. As you say, magnetism remains a mystery.
But to realize the physical miracle of Ed's creation, Coral Castle, is to realize that he had a profound understanding of natural forces and their potential utilization.
I wish I could wrap my head around Ed's little paper.
Originally posted by ChaoticOrder
reply to post by SplitInfinity
Since Matter and Energy are interchangeable...although we do not know how to do this...
Actually particle colliders do it all the time. When you collide particles travelling at near the speed of light, the collision is so energetic, that the particles actually fuse and turn into pure energy and then condense into another particle. And the particle that comes out doesn't need to be a reconfiguration of what went into the collision. You can get any particle for which you input enough energy. The faster you can make the particles go before colliding them, the more energetic and exotic the resulting particles will be. That's why the LHC is so large, they hope they can put enough energy into the collision so that they can create elusive mystery particles such as the Higgs boson.