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[–] jdr@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Citation needed! I've done it with a cheap iron magnet and a hammer.

Anyway I think he implied that these magnet was just below Curie temperature.

He might just be a stable genius.

[–] anyhow2503@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Have you done it with a glass of water?

[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 1 points 14 hours ago

Now we're talking science!

I'll write the funding proposal at once.

Iron magnets are crap, but I imagine he does not know better having gone to school in the 50s-60s. But yes, those are magnetically weak enough and physically strong enough for a hammer to work.