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Do Souls Have Weight?

Do you think the soul has weight?  If so, does your body weigh less when your soul leaves it?  That is exactly what Dr. Duncan MacDougall wanted to know. So in 1907 Dr. MacDougall placed a bed on balanced scales and put dying people on his new contraption.  As each person lay dying he carefully recorded body weights. Of the six people he [...]