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The Experiment That Tried to Weigh the Human Soul
It’s a little complicated to weigh a dying person on a hospital bed, but that didn’t deter Duncan MacDougall. In the early 20th century, MacDougall’s unique bed-scale detected that 21 grams left the human body at the moment of death. He had finally discovered it: the weigh of the human soul … or so he…
@benmcreynolds8581
April 7, 2026 at 3:10 pm
I learned about this from one of my all time favorite TV shows “Dark Matters: Twisted But True” ~I highly recommend checking this show out. I almost never see anybody talk about this show..
@piconano
April 7, 2026 at 3:14 pm
God created this universe so that he could live in it as life, everywhere possible.
There is no I. I am a part of God that will never die. Soul or not.
@littlefrank90
April 7, 2026 at 5:12 pm
good for you
@Absbor
April 7, 2026 at 3:19 pm
Meanwhile ebay: “you’re not allowed to sell something which doesn’t exist or parts of a human body.”
@wizzelhoart
April 7, 2026 at 3:27 pm
was a great Movie. Del Toro was amazing
@Richthofen80
April 7, 2026 at 4:02 pm
Haver-hill… someone not from massachusetts lol.
@Jolfgard
April 7, 2026 at 4:42 pm
So 21 grams of what exactly? What is the carrier, or at least the physical correlate to a soul? And via which channel is it emitted from the body? I mean, if we can reliably replicate the phenomenon, the next step is trying to THOROUGHLY explain it.
@Baylow94
April 7, 2026 at 5:10 pm
6:19 One Piece Mentioned! Yo-Ho-Ho-HOOOOOOO
The One Piec is REALLLLLLL
@likealeica
April 7, 2026 at 7:00 pm
So Vsauce2 finally finished her transition, and she looks way better than I expected