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Can A Biologist Believe In The Existence Of Life? | Professor Stephen Meredith

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The Problem With Vitalism

The word soul has given rise to a lot of not only bad science, but bad metaphysics. In 1907, Dr. Duncan McDougall proposed to weigh the soul. He measured the loss of weight as they died, and that was supposed to be the weight of the soul. And it came out to, I think, something like two ounces.

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