The uniqueness of a magnet? Let me tell you why.

I understand your amazement but are the magnets any more 'significant' than the cables being strong enough hold them - except that you don't see magnets every day?
There is a story that, when asked which was the greater, the Sun or the Moon, a Greek philosopher said that the Moon was far greater because it shone at night, when it was dark. The Sun was far less impressive because it shone in the day, when it was light anyway.
Familiarity can breed contempt.

No cable( without electricity) can do that

No magnet can work without electric charges inside either.
The parts in wall plugs (and everything else solid) attract and repel each other, otherwise those objects would evaporate immediately.

There is a story that, when asked which was the greater, the Sun or the Moon, a Greek philosopher said that the Moon was far greater because it shone at night, when it was dark. The Sun was far less impressive because it shone in the day, when it was light anyway.

And when you say that it has no energy, in fact it does(potential energy).

Who says that?

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu...ic/engfie.html

Btw, your reasons why magnets are unique pretty much all apply to gravity also.

There is a difference you can't see the electric charges and seperation when you look at a solid object unless you use something like an electron microscope.Where as a magnet attracts and repels with an apparent unseen force through all materials with a macroscopic force.You have to wonder how and why does it it do that.

Go team magnet! I'm a fan of gravity but a magnet toke my heart first!

We know a strong invisible force is present. That we can all agree 100%(There are other theories but I'm not sure of their "reality").

When you bring to of those objects and look at them, CLEARLY a magnet has the full capability to attract any metal/magnet near by and applying force BY its own(forget the point of "you" putting the magnet/metal there) It also repels by its own, now how can you compare it to a spring? A spring on the other hand stays there doing nothing... ONLY when you apply force to it directly and leave it be... It acts by its own. but only then you'd find an act from the spring! However, again I remind you that a magnet has a force of its own mind you, why can't aren't we amazed significantly at this feature?

And when you say that it has no energy, in fact it does(potential energy). It attracts/repels a magnet, that is force applied to a magnet within a distance = W = Fd , and when attracted by a magnet or repeled or even attracts a metal, let me remind you of its "potential" state converted into "kinetic". (Simplest way to describe it without going into detail.)


Im a man fascinated by electromagnetism specifically: Magnets, and their wonderful feature of having a force packed inside that some of them can lift 10x or 100x or 1000x of its own weight. HOW REMARKABLE IS THAT!
Miyz,

A few things:
2. MAGNETIC FORCES DO NO WORK. I'm not sure if this was a point of confusion for you, but I had to throw it out there, cause it cracks me up.