Gravity is pathetically weak. If you drop an iron nail on the floor, you can pick it up with a small bar magnet from a child's toy. In doing so a titanic battle takes place. On the one side we have the entire mass of the Earth (which is quite big compared with the nail or the magnet or you). All of its mass is sucking on the nail trying to stop you from picking it up. On the other side you have the flimsy magnet that probably weighs not much more than the nail.
Which wins? The magnet. The electromagnetic force overcomes the gravitational force generated by the entire mass of the Earth.
I still wouldn't jump out of a window, though.
Which wins? The magnet. The electromagnetic force overcomes the gravitational force generated by the entire mass of the Earth.
I still wouldn't jump out of a window, though.
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