Eli5 The earth has a magnetic field, including because of the metal core, but magnets are demagnetized at high temperature. How is this possible
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Magnetism is a fancy word for magic.
Don’t believe me? If water is flowing from a mountain to level ground, why doesn’t it create an ‘aquatic field’ during flow? Because water, while remarkable, is not magic, of course.
So why is it that when electrons behave in, essentially, the same way – seeking equilibrium, that they generate fields of energy? Why is it that earth’s magnetic field doesn’t tear apart all matter on the planet, by ripping electrons to it’s positive pole, and all protons to the negative pole? Why doesn’t that happen when I stick my hand in a magnetic field? Well, because magnetism is magic, of course.
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