So perhaps the dogs were just very good boys, but the humans were more complex. If there is such a thing as a soul, it may not have a physical weight. Fact Myth. She names herself a spiritualists and works with business owners and executives. I guess she makes a good bunch of money fooling people. I mean, you can believe what you want; what is unfair is to take advantage of people despair.
Hmmm, what an odd name for a weight loss program. Scammy people who prey on despair would, according to the Egyptians, have heavier souls. So ironically, this would make the soul heavier, not lighter. In , one of the most famous metaphysical experiments of the h century was performed by a Massachusetts physician. His name was Duncan MacDougall, and he believed that, if the soul were real, it should have measurable weight. And in all these dark corners, we still find people looking for the soul.
Most scientists reject these claims. But in , as today, the real, testable, verifiable universe continually proves to be much stranger than anything parapsychology can dream up. How are photons both particles and waves and yet somehow neither? How can there be so many planets in our galaxy, yet so few that harbor life — we think — as we know it? The universe is full of real unsolved mysteries, whose real answers are out there somewhere.
The measurable, physical universe is more than eerie enough. Register or Log In. The Magazine Shop. Login Register Stay Curious Subscribe. Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news. Sign Up. Duncan MacDougall be so precise back in ? And anyhow, how accurate and precise were his scales back in ? From such slender beginnings as a single non-reproducible result, enduring myths are born. There may be lightness after death - but this experiment didn't prove it.
We do leave something behind us when we die - the enduring impact that we have had on others. We would probably have as much success in measuring the impression of that mental impact, as we would of measuring the weight of the soul. Tags: pseudoscience , weird-and-wonderful , zoology. Email the editor. By clicking 'Send to a friend' you agree ABC Online is not responsible for the content contained in your email message.
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