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According to Gauss, a closed conducting body will distribute the charge to the surface. Since the human body is a conductor does that mean the electric field in our body is zero? 
Is the electric field in the human body zero?
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What makes you think the human body is a conductor??
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Is a lot like a bag of salty water.
Yes, there is no net electric field. There are lots of local chemical potentials though. Nerve impulses etc.
Yes, there is no net electric field. There are lots of local chemical potentials though. Nerve impulses etc.
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Hmm, okay, I guess I can believe it. At one point I knew some biology... not anymore.
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