Post 9zOYaenZOF2S44j2Ey by freemo@qoto.org
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(DIR) Post #9zODJp5PmyCM0mChoO by freemo@qoto.org
2020-09-21T16:52:41Z
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As you all know the earth is a giant magnet. As a giant magnet antarctica would be the north or south pole of that magnet?#Physics #Electronics
(DIR) Post #9zOEIIQHqRU4N9noKu by friend@linuxrocks.online
2020-09-21T17:02:54Z
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@freemoWell, it depends. On, you know, that big fucking magnet at the core of our planet.
(DIR) Post #9zOEKe06afI9sEfxnU by hector@explosion.party
2020-09-21T17:04:19.750341Z
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@freemo it's north because a regular magnet's south end is attracted to the north end of an external magnetic field. Opposite poles attract. However this varies in time; a geomagnetic reversal could occur at any time and flip the polarity of the Earth's field.
(DIR) Post #9zOEXLek6eQ4kAk1tw by xorman@mastodon.social
2020-09-21T17:06:16Z
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@freemo it's just a matter of conventions
(DIR) Post #9zOEYYAt346LrILkHI by freemo@qoto.org
2020-09-21T17:06:21Z
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@hector well if a magnetic reversal did occur I wonder if we would rename the poles of either magnets or the earth :)
(DIR) Post #9zOEaNfz3J7PsSlfw8 by freemo@qoto.org
2020-09-21T17:07:00Z
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@friend it does, but throughout human history it has always pointed in the same direction. so the question stands at least until that changes
(DIR) Post #9zOEf5O0TuEwbGbRSK by freemo@qoto.org
2020-09-21T17:07:41Z
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@xorman perhaps, but there is still only one correct answer. And while the specific definition is somewhat arbitrary it is absolute in the way it is defined.
(DIR) Post #9zOFCx2K22g4Y8bmD2 by rvlobato@mastodon.social
2020-09-21T17:13:51Z
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@freemo depending on the epoch, can be north or south, the magnetic poles are constantly moving. Right now they are slightly different from the geographic poles i.e., the magnetic south pole is nearby Antarctica.
(DIR) Post #9zOFIr595EPHoskCQK by freemo@qoto.org
2020-09-21T17:15:01Z
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@rvlobato We are talking exclusively within the scope of human history, in which case each pole has been consistently on one side of the planet or the other, with some degree of drift but one of the poles has always been within the borders of antarctica within the last several hundred years at least.
(DIR) Post #9zOMCNeOIO08Tt5cJc by friend@linuxrocks.online
2020-09-21T18:31:46Z
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@freemoYeah, I'm just never sure, what the intention of a poll is when there's a clear answer. Like, are you just gauging how smart people are on here? And if so, do you want people to explain in responses or not?
(DIR) Post #9zONz8VdTkFVfIo5Y0 by freemo@qoto.org
2020-09-21T18:52:16Z
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@friend If the answer were clear there wouldnt be such a difference in the poll answer percentages though... What are you saying the answer is then?
(DIR) Post #9zOYApMFVYtlHid6si by Demosthenes@qoto.org
2020-09-21T20:46:24Z
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@freemo I'm guessing south since polarity was probably defined from maps and historical scientists would have probably made it intuitive to understand.
(DIR) Post #9zOYaenZOF2S44j2Ey by freemo@qoto.org
2020-09-21T20:51:08Z
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@Demosthenes well you would be correct that maps ultimately led to how we defined magnetic poles... answer me this ifi stick a magnet in some water and make it float and basically create a compass the north pole of the magnet points where? And yea feel free to use the logic that anctient scientists would have defined the poles of a magnet based off the idea of north on a map already.
(DIR) Post #9zOZZqrf8wdn9RosMK by Demosthenes@qoto.org
2020-09-21T21:02:14Z
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@freemo my guess would be that the north pole of the magnet would point south.
(DIR) Post #9zObfQh9YNtddMgvNQ by freemo@qoto.org
2020-09-21T21:25:34Z
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@Demosthenes other way around, but your instinct is right at least that the poles of the earth and the poles of a magnet disagree.. its just its the earth that is backwards not the magnet.