The Weight Of The Human Soul



it's fact that dead body will gain weight more then what when the human is before dieing.
 
Sharksfan said:
Fire = matter being destroyed and turned into energy. Fusion = matter being destroyed and created all at the same time.
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Not quite the same thing.

Combustion is a chemical process that is destructive at the molecular level, but leaves atoms intact, so there is no change in no net change in mass. Fusion is destructive at the nuclear level and there is a net change in mass.
 
Energy can be measured, and can't be destroyed - it just changes form.

Who says the same doesn't apply to life?

Guess we'll have to wait and see.
 
The lungs hold 3-5 liters of air which is the rough equivalent to 0.07492 lbs which is 33.98 grams.
33.98g > 22g > 15.77g

Maybe i missed something but it sounds reasonable to me that if a person died within any normal breath range they'd instantly loose between 17-28 grams just from the weight of their breath. Or am i being an idiot and missing the point of the discussion? If so then my apologies

Edit: shoulda asked, did the ppl used in the experiments die from being in an air tight container? LOL
 
Deliguy said:
The lungs hold 3-5 liters of air which is the rough equivalent to 0.07492 lbs which is 33.98 grams.
33.98g > 22g > 15.77g

Maybe i missed something but it sounds reasonable to me that if a person died within any normal breath range they'd instantly loose between 17-28 grams just from the weight of their breath. Or am i being an idiot and missing the point of the discussion? If so then my apologies
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that would make sense if the live person's lungs had a full breathe when weighed. Sounds like the best explanation so far.
 
Jeff-DBA said:
Maxwell's equations suggest that the speed of light (c) is equal to

c = 1 / sqrt(permittivity-of-freespace * 8.85e-12)

Buoyancy isn't the right term, but the speed of light has a direct correlation to the permittivity of free space. So yes.

Is there a better way to write equations in here?
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I don't think you're getting what he's asking, Maxwell's eqns really don't relate here. They're asking if the weight of electrons "leaving the body" affects the body weight at death. The issue is, M_e = 9.11 * 10^-31 kg approx. You're not going to see this make a difference, if electrons are actually leaving the body (which I don't believe they do just leave the brain suddenly).

c = 1/(permittivity * permeability) really doesn't relate here specifically
 
Yep, as far as I know, the amounts measured correlated with the "last breath" escaping the lungs.

I juts find the whole notion extremely funny.

For millenia, the spiritual types are trying to convince us that the soul is a non-physical, supernatural entity (that is why it can not be found in the phycical body, it being heavenly like and all) and then they come along trying to claim its truthiness by weight?

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emp said:
For millenia, the spiritual types are trying to convince us that the soul is a non-physical, supernatural entity (that is why it can not be found in the phycical body, it being heavenly like and all) and then they come along trying to claim its truthiness by weight?

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Exactly.
 
papjohn: If the soul is made up of electrons, or electrons asre leaving the body upon death, surely that would be directly measurable in a change of charge or ionic state of the body though, right?
I figure that's the easiest way to disprove electrons, and most forms of energy, being "the soul".

guerilla: Yeah, but:
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emp said:
For millenia, the spiritual types are trying to convince us that the soul is a non-physical, supernatural entity (that is why it can not be found in the phycical body, it being heavenly like and all) and then they come along trying to claim its truthiness by weight?

::emp::
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That thought popped in my head too while I was reading this thread.
 
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