21 grams experiment
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21 grams experiment
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The 21 grams experiment refers to a study published in 1907 by Duncan MacDougall, a physician from Haverhill, Massachusetts. MacDougall hypothesized that souls have physical weight, and attempted to measure the mass lost by a human when the soul departed the body. MacDougall attempted to measure the mass change of six patients at the moment of death. One of the six subjects lost three-quarters of an ounce. MacDougall stated his experiment would have to be repeated many times before any conclusio
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1907 scientific study by Duncan MacDougall
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2005-10-11T15:23:18Z
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2024-08-28T02:24:56Z
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