The Puzzle Of Gravity

[fmdog44]

The Earth weighs 13,170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 lbs. or 5,974,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Kgs, Now that being the case why can I take a little magnet the size of a very small button and defeat Earth's power by picking up things from Earth's surface?

 

[Liberty]

The Earth weighs 13,170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 lbs. or 5,974,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Kgs, Now that being the case why can I take a little magnet the size of a very small button and defeat Earth's power by picking up things from Earth's surface?

They are two different forces. one works with mass, the other with moveable charges - magnet -charged to north and south magnetic poles.
The electromagnetic force is stronger than the gravitational force. Now if we could just learn to make inexpensive lightweight batteries to run our vehicles, it would be so cool!