Does the soul really weigh 21 grams?
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Yes, the experiment was done out but it was an experiment with huge flaws in it; a few of the bodies gained original weight back after a short passage of time, one gained weight after death, the way he did it was suspect, and the sample size was far too small to have any conclusive evidence.\nIt's also believed that he poisoned the "dying" dogs.\n\nSo, in short, the "soul" does not weight 21 grams as there is no real proof.
78428
5.9736×10^24 kg is its mass (roughly 1.3 X 10^ 25 pounds would then be the 'weight').
1127862
the soul is the electrical current that runs your brain. so about  1 inch.
1093327
A soul is an intangible, spiritual being.  I too believe that our pets have souls, but how can a soul weigh something if it is your deepest emotions and values?
1075270
Regardless of tissue decomposition and loss of water, it was very clearly proved that there was an 18g loss of weight in the very moment of death. The experiment was repeated simultaneously in an intensive care unit, where people in coma (and brain dead as well) were kept alive by use of life supporting machinery. In the moment before turning the macinery off, the patients were taken to the weighing, and were kept there untill the death occured, after the shut off of the equipment. Difference of 18 grams was noted, at almost all the experiments (variations of a couple of grams occured in some cases).\n\nThe name of the hospital, where the experiments took place, was never revealed.
31946
reverie's wrong.  Most mass actually comes from kinetic energy, not rest mass.  you can correcly give energy (including heat energy) the same units as mass so it makes sense to say "one pound of heat"... but force is something different entirely.
337334
energy has mass, so when you die and your spirit/energy leaves your body, you weigh a few grams less
813164
51 lbs. in the mississippi but there is a world record of 58 lbs.http://home.earthlink.net/~catfish_billy/id15.html
267872
braxton_paul is a little mixed up.\n\nUsing an electronic scale accurate to 1/10 of a gram, I found the mass of a penny (from 2002) to be 2.5 grams.
457002
That may be right, but the website just says that its 7 X 10^27-it doesnt explain how they figured it..\n\nSo lets see if we can figure how they got that number: There are 6 X 10^23 atoms per mole.  Lets say the average atom (most being hydrogen-1, followed by oxygen-16, and carbon-12) has a molar weight of 7.  So, 6 X 10^23 average atoms in the body would weigh 7 grams.  To get 70 kilograms, we have to multiply that by 10,000.  So, 2000 times 6 X 10^23 gets us about 6 X 10^27.  That's pretty close to 7 X 10^27.  I have a feeling that the real average molar weight per atom would be quite a bit smaller than 7, though.
577601
It's not the soul, it's air leaving the lungs.  THere is no way to measure something that is immaterial.\n\nhttp://www.snopes.com/religion/soulweight.asp
22790
Sorry to say this but the soul is like fire it has no weight it has not depth it is just like it dose not exist. but it dose it tells us what are plzce is in life and helps us by giulding us to are morals.
856775
Ok, let's set this straight. Weight is a measure of the force exerted on an object by a gravitational field. It is measured in NEWTONS. Most people are getting this mixed up with mass, which can be measured in metric tons and doesn't change from one gravitational field to another. The weight of the lead on the moon is only 166 Newtons.
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I think you should try posting in the philosophy section or spirituality next time.\n\nHow big is the soul.\n\nWell, hopefully bigger than the body and more durable. But it seems like the universe "the container" for all matter, and the soul, the container for everything spiritual would be of a different quality. \n\nI think the soul is bigger.  Imagine being condemned to live forever without a soul? It's hard enough trying to get through a Sunday afternoon.
299145
whats a with the we kemo sabi ,you cant speak for every body else,\nmost people of science believe the essence of spirit or soul is actually with in the electric field surrounding the body (aura)that intimately is connected to the brain and so produces feelings.
825147
I would imagin about 24 stone... Fatty bumbum
810142
Soul, of course.\n\nBody is temporary and soul is eternal.