At the beginning of the last century, Dr. Duncan McDougall conducted a very strange, but at the same time interesting experiment. He weighed the soul of a man.
Dr. Duncan McDougall.
The experiment was carried out on six patients who were hopelessly ill and soon had to go to the next world. The doctor built special scales in order to weigh the body of a dying person before and after his death and determine the possible difference.
The doctor, along with four of his colleagues, measured the readings of each patient. The result of the experiment was quite interesting. The researchers found that the weight loss was about three-quarters of an ounce, or 21 grams.
This is how the scales on which the experiment was carried out looked.
These results were shown in each of the patients. Here is how Dr. McDougall told the New York Times about this unusual discovery:
The doctor's colleagues also conducted their own experiments. Their results showed that not all the deceased lose the same weight, some had more, while others had less. Everything from body fluids to air in the lungs and stomach was taken into account.
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Dr. McDougall conducted the same experiment on 15 dogs. The experiments did not show any change in weight. Some scientists have conducted experiments with mice that showed similar results to McDougall's. The mice also did not show any deviations in weight. McDougall concluded that animals, unlike humans, do not have souls.
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