It’s said, the weight of the soul is 21 grams.
Dr MacDougall told us this.
To measure, he put the dying on the scales.
Dr MacDougall, proving his point
Took some dogs, weighed them too.
Dr MacDougall was a man of science
He weighed the dead, then killed the dogs
Dr MacDougall of Haverhill, Massachusetts.
A man of authority let’s not forget,
Dr MacDougall overlooked what did not suit,
The dead folk lost weight, no dieting involved.
Dr MacDougall was a God fearing man,
On weighing the dogs they’d stayed the same,
Dr MacDougall didn’t need every detail.
Dogs don’t have souls, all knew that.
Dr MacDougall split the difference,
Firm in the knowledge of Gods great design,
Dr MacDougall published his paper.
The weight of the soul is 21 grams.
Categories:
haverhill, angst, death, religion, society,
Form: Rhyme
This is the weight of a soul imagine what 21 grams can do?
This is not a myth
Wikipedia
The 21 grams experiment refers to a scientific study published in 1907 by Duncan MacDougall, a physician from Haverhill, Massachusetts. MacDougall hypothesized 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 mass change of six patients at the moment of death. One of the six subjects lost three-fourths of an ounce (21.3 grams).
Explain to me how you cannot believe?
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Categories:
haverhill, god,
Form: Free verse