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Do electrons only "feel" the electric field?

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Imagine that you're an electron.

You are always at rest in your inertial frame so that you do not "feel" the [itex]\mathbf{v} \times \mathbf{B}[/itex] term of the Lorentz force.

Thus, from your perspective, you only ever "feel" an electric field.

Magnetic fields only affect other electrons!

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