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|    Lawrence Crowell to Ralph Frost    |
|    Re: Are north and south magnetic fields     |
|    11 Jul 17 11:23:59    |
      From: goldenfieldquaternions@gmail.com              On Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 7:18:11 AM UTC-5, Ralph Frost wrote:       > Please pardon my poorly worded question. Are there ~independent methods       > of detecting a north pole/flux of a magnet from a south pole/flux?       >       > When I hold two rod magnets, one in each hand, and the center ends       > attract, I can obtain repulsion two ways by giving either magnet/hand       > one-half spin. Thus it appears that repulsion is attraction with       > one-half spin (and potentially, 'north is south with one-half spin'...)       >       > Generally, we are taught that one of these repulsions is 'north-north'       > and the other is 'south-south' (like-pole repulsion).       >       > I understand that if I am given an unmarked magnet, that I can assign       > its ends a north or south label by the way it orients, say, within the       > local geomagnetic field and ~relative to our prevailing planetary       > spatial orientation relative to the 'North Star' -- Polaris.       >       > But, I wonder, and my question is, other than the inherited, nested, or       > cross-dimensional correlation, does physics have any other means or       > measures that determine if a repulsive magnetic region is 'north-north'       > rather than 'south-south'? For instance, do they 'look different' under       > different spectral scannings?       >       > I'm curious about this because it seems like our words seem to imply or       > identify the existence of two separate 'things' whereas empirically,       > there is or seems to be only the one, rather entangled or inseparable       > 'thing'.       >       > Thanks in advance for any clarifications.       >       > Best regards,       > Ralph Frost       >       > Reality is nested structured~duality.              It is relative. What pole you call N and the other S is just       convention. The same holds for electric charge. We could just as well do       electromagnetism, QED and electrical engineering if we had called the       charge of the electron +.              LC              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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