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by pyinstallwoes 1013 days ago
Try having a human without electromagnetic first principles.

In fact, anything really.

But really: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetite#Human_brain

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Quoting for context:

>> Magnetite can be found in the hippocampus. The hippocampus is associated with information processing, specifically learning and memory.

>> Using an ultrasensitive superconducting magnetometer in a clean-lab environment, we have detected the presence of ferromagnetic material in a variety of tissues from the human brain.

>> The role of magnetite in the brain is still not well understood, and there has been a general lag in applying more modern, interdisciplinary techniques to the study of biomagnetism.