How does magnets work?

[04mmurkett]

I read somewhere that magnets are dug out from near the middle of the earth and they are magnetic because they have more gravity in them. Is this true?

[04mmurkett]

grumbledoak said:

No.

Electric and magnetic fields are created by moving electrons. These fields can, in turn, affect other electrons.

Do not ask what 'fields' are. People get upset.

What are fields?

Also, so magnets are electrical?

[04mmurkett]

Einion Yrth said:

04mmurkett said:

What are fields?

Also, so magnets are electrical?

Four known forces;

Strong Nuclear
Weak nuclear
Electro-magnetism
Gravity

Go look 'em up.

I'm not completely thick! I know that stuff.

Strong Nuclear - UK sumbarines.
Weak Nuclear - North Korea.
Gravity - magnets, right?

OK I looked up the electro-magnetism and it says...

"An electromagnetic field server is an IBM mainframe computer located inside the core of a planet... Scientists first proved the existence of electromagnetic field servers when one was accidentally discovered in 1918, when they were searching for cheese in coal mines in an undisclosed location... The further away one comes from an electromagnetic field server, the more electromagnetic fields will fluctuate randomly, this is the reason that electromagnetic fields in space fluctuate a lot while electromagnetic fields on a planet tend to be sucked into cellular phones, in the process called electromagnetic phone sucking which forms the basis of wireless communication."

And something about Angelina Jolie and her vibrator but I think they were joking about that bit. I didn't get it.

Anyway, does someone want to put all that technical mumbo-jumbo into simple terms?

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Eric Mc said:

True. If the OP is just playing at being an idiot ( something at which he is doing a very good job, I have to say), then The Lounge is where this type of nonsense belongs.

Only smart and sensible people post in the Science Forum.

I'm sorry for besmirching the Science forum with my rabid idiocy.

I've never been in The Lounge before, I'll aim my posting urges over there next time I feel like lowering the collective intelligence level of PistonHeads.

Furthermore...

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WeirdNeville said:

04mmurkett said:

Eric Mc said:

True. If the OP is just playing at being an idiot ( something at which he is doing a very good job, I have to say), then The Lounge is where this type of nonsense belongs.

Only smart and sensible people post in the Science Forum.

I'm sorry for besmirching the Science forum with my rabid idiocy.

I've never been in The Lounge before, I'll aim my posting urges over there next time I feel like lowering the collective intelligence level of PistonHeads.

Apart from your thread in the lounge slightly earlier this afternoon, when it was suggested you infect the science! forum with your lunacy.

I suggest you spend more time at work working.

Oh, I think that one was moved from GG. I've never intentionally been in The Lounge.

Thanks for the advice.

[04mmurkett]

Eric Mc said:

"How does magnets work"?"

You put an extra quote mark in there! Unfortunately that means all your remarks about grammar on the internet are now nullified.