Whats the weight of a Human Soul ?
t was Dr. Duncan MacDougall of Haverhill, Massachusetts who attempted to weigh the human soul. In 1907, he placed 6 dying patients on a homemade scale, which also acted as a bed for the patients. He then recorded their weights before and after death. According to Dr. MacDougall, there was a difference of 21 grams between the heavier, living patients and their dead bodies.
He also experimented on 15 dogs and found no loss of weight between the living dogs and their dead bodies. He believed this was because animals do not have souls.
His experiments were criticized since of the six patients, two tests had to be discarded and the level of error was very high. Obviously, it was not a very scientific study.
In addition, no one has ever been able to repeat the result of these experiments. Basically, there is still no physiological evidence of the soul. It's an urban legend propagated by a guy who did bad science - looking for an answer he already believed was true. Real science doesn't have attachments to pre-existing beliefs and values. It just observes and hypothesizes.
What do you say about it ?
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_MacDougall_(doctor)
Thanks Myse :)
Very sweet and very nicely put...
Sincerelyurs maybe your husband' body has died, but his soul may very well be alive and kicking in a better place, you don't need to stay sad anymore, be happy and thank God you are still alive
A courageous lady.
Wish you have more strength and God bless you !
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Thnks for Sharing yr feelings Sincerelyurs Life is really tough when we miss our near ones........
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May your husband be at the God's lap at this time , my thoughts .. feelings with you ..
Sorry to hear Sincerelyurs.
What is that air trap ? Is it soul for real ?
And if soul doesnt have a weight how does it command the brain?
shock before the experiment
My husband died of swine flu..when Doctors declared him dead in themorning at 7.21 am on 24th October 2009...I asked Doctor to see him in the isolated ICU for swine flu patients..I went inside with wearing that astronauts type uniform..in the ICU i removed my hand glove and i touched his heart it was going up and down becasue of ventilators...his mouth was little open..his eyes were little open...I stared at him i touched his chest and stomach than back his forehead..I brushed his hairs for the last time..he used to shiver a bit by saying Mmmmm m not a kid...but his time nothing happened...I stared again to his eyes..soul was missing actually body was there..Yes I know the soul weight was not there so that he could have replied back..yes when soul goes away it takes ur own eyes twinkles and yes as well as the closest one's eyes twinkle too..so Scientists should calculate that how much weight of soul is missing as well as how much weight of happiness also missing from a wife's heart..
Thanks for making me cry this very early morning...actually I feel good in crying because it reminds that even after 3 years wife can miss her hubby so much and love for him is increasing day by day...
When one is living he probably has 21 grams of air trap in his lungs!
another group of scientists who negate the existance of soul did an experiment in which they kept a dying patient in a box of glass and sealed it air tight. and you know a few moments later the man inside the glass container died ...but the container blasted with havoc and soul was released.if you dare to do it at your home...go do it.we need not to find a reason wether a soul is there or not,infact we need to know why it is there.
if there is no soul,then we are not supposed to be responsible for our deeds.the believers will believe and the disbelievers cant be forced to believe.
a soul is anything that occupy space and has weight...lol,,,hahaha...