The Dark side of Science: The 21 grams Experiment 1907 weighing the soul (Short Documentary)

Learn while you’re at home with Plainly Difficult! Ever wondered if the soul has a weight? The 21 grams experiment was a flawed and unethical scientific study published in 1907 by Duncan MacDougall, a physician from Haverhill, Massachusetts. MacDougall hypothesised 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 loss of mass of six patients at the moment of death. One of the six subjects lost three-quarters of an ounce (21.3 grams). The results of the study have been used by multiple religions organisations as proof of the soul. Want to become a channel member? Paypal Donate Link: Help the Channel Grow Like, Comment & Subscribe! Subscribe Here: Equipment used in this video: Rode NTG3, Audient ID4, MacBook Pro 16, Hitfilm, Garage Band Check out My Twitter: Check out these other great channels: Sources: By James Heilman, MD - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, By Seattle Municipal Archives from Seattle, WA - Firland Tuberculosis Hospital beds, 1927, CC BY 2.0,