Electrocuting oneself

[TheoneandonlytrueGod]

I suspect that a simple wire doesn't make much of a difference because the voltage induced along your body will be the same as that in the wire, and since there is no relative voltage drop, there won't be a current circulating through your body and the wire... But maybe I'm missing something.

The following is a simplified explanation of the phenomenon of electrical generation.

Your body is, in fact, a resistor and acts as a "load", for instance, as in electrocution.

When a wire (or wires) passes through a magnetic field a current is induced and will flow as long as there is a load (resistance) connecting both ends.

A living body (you or me for instance) not being a metal can pass through any magnetic field at any speed without any current being induced.

...the voltage induced along your body will be the same as that in the wire, and since there is no relative voltage drop...

There is no current generated in your body and the voltage drop is across your body (resistor) not in the wire.

The fact is, while obviously an absurd situation, given a large wire the current developed could, in fact, kill you. In theory, though, one could be electrocuted assuming one could travel around the world fast enough to create a large enough current.

Voltage doesn't kill but current can. See Tesla's static electric experiments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil

Kind of long winded but I hope it clarifies your concern.