Weighing the Soul? (Scientific evidence for the human soul? Spirit? Life after death?)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Effects of Moisture on Weight Loss
We are constantly losing weight throughout the day when we exhale moisture or when our sweat evaporates. McDougall knew this happened too, so he took account of it. Loss of weight in the hours before death could be understood as loss of moisture. So what he was interested in was a sudden loss of weight in connection with the moment of death.
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Transcript
Could the human soul ever be scientifically detected? Could it even be weighed? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinellil discuss a series of experiments that claimed to detect the departure of the soul at death, whether that's possible, and what other researchers have found.
