Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Possible answer to missing chart point
Yesterday I mentioned that some specific frequencies resonate with specific atoms, potentially disrupting certain proteins or chemicals. AFAIK this isn't a real problem with our all-pervasive electromagnetic radiation, but it got me to thinking along similar lines.
As I detailed here, Nature only transmits electrostatic waves, not magnetic waves. When humans started to develop radio, we mainly used inductive or electromagnetic transmitters and receivers. Dolbear's capacitive system was an exception, but he didn't pursue it.
Why does Nature prefer to communicate with static fields instead of magnetic fields? Most animals have magnetic sensors for navigation, so it would seem efficient to re-use those sensors for communication. But nobody does.**
Two answers pop up immediately.
(1) Blood cells contain iron. If an internal antenna is creating a strong magnetic field, it could 'permatize' the blood cells, leading them to clump or repel each other.
(2) Navigation is too important and subtle to tolerate interference. The earth's field is much weaker than the radiation needed to communicate, so the communication would overwhelm the geosensors, and again possibly 'permatize' them.
** Partial exception: the bee's waggle dance, which is a sort of vector compass pointer based on the earth's field. "Go 30 degrees left of North for five units, then go 80 degrees right of North for three units."
Labels: Asked and sort of answered, bee
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