I’m glad it worked out for the other guy, but metal doesn’t necessarily take the easiest route out- a sliver on the back of your hand might exit out of your palm
Hm, no, it actually does take the easiest path. See, if there was a real obstacle in the magnetic field lines, the object would take some other path of lesser resistance. That’s not this case so… yeah. Shortest path. Doable path. Easiest.
I’m glad it worked out for the other guy, but metal doesn’t necessarily take the easiest route out- a sliver on the back of your hand might exit out of your palm
Easiest for whom? For the metal sliver, that path would be the easiest one.
But it doesn’t take the easiest path. That’s the point. It takes the path that aligns with the magnetic field. Which might take it through your palm.
Hm, no, it actually does take the easiest path. See, if there was a real obstacle in the magnetic field lines, the object would take some other path of lesser resistance. That’s not this case so… yeah. Shortest path. Doable path. Easiest.
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But that’s my point. For a magnet, that path is the easiest one. Any other path goes against its nature. Like gravity.
I see what you’re saying now, I misunderstood. We’re both saying the same thing in different ways.