The Big Misconception About Electricity

There definitely are magnetic fields around the current in a wire. This is why it is called electro-magnetism. The two go together. Whenever a magnetic field crosses a wire it induces a current in that wire. This is how electricity is generated in the first place, transmitted long distances at high voltage then stepped down with transformers, how cartridges generate a signal, on and on. This is also how antennas work, including the one in your cell phone. This is why RFI is such a problem. On and on.

This used to be the kind of thing they taught in school. Grade school. We would put iron filings on a sheet of paper, hold a magnet under it, watch the filings line up along the magnetic field lines. Then wrap a wire around a nail, attach to a battery, see the same thing with this electro-magnet.

They didn't teach you this in school?

wow, thanks so much millercarbon. Can you be any more condescending? Or do you just post all your messages talking down to people to make you feel better. I’m way past getting tired of your stance.

I'm sure many new posters fun of audio is discouraged by these kind of comments.  Instead of talking down to people, try helping them instead.

The question was did they teach it. Not did you learn it. The meaning is educational standards have declined to such a dismal level you can reach adulthood now not having been taught basic knowledge that was once learned in grade school. That is a reflection on public education not you. Now if you want to act like everything is about you, well sorry. 

Our understanding of Electricity as a cosmic force is in it's infancy. 

This is just a little poke into the ever deep Rabbit Hole. 

Enjoy. 

You know that "Thunderbolts of the Gods", i.e. the "Electric Universe" is quackery? No recognized scientist thinks this is a suitable theory to explain the universe. There is 0 rigorous work to turn this hypothesis into a theory. I would go on a limb and expect that the authors and proponents don't have the mathematical chops to do the due diligence needed. These guys are nut jobs. I will use their own words ...

The evidence suggests that only a few thousand years ago planets moved close to the earth, producing electrical phenomena of intense beauty and terror. 

 

We contend that humans once saw planets suspended as huge spheres in the heavens. Immersed in the charged particles of a dense plasma, celestial bodies "spoke" electrically and plasma discharge produced heaven-spanning formations above the terrestrial witnesses.