For years I've wondered about this. Some say it is a Urban Legend and others say based on strong medical facts that it is real? The majority of test cases that I've read say it's real? What are you thoughts?
At the moment of death the body looses 21 grams of body mass. It is said this is the soul leaving the body. It is believed by many that the soul weighs 21 grams. Out of 2000 participants in a international medical study done in 1993, 98.7% of persons at death lost exactly 21 grams of body mass, minus or plus .010 tenths of a gram.
2006-07-25 19:36:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
That is quite possibly the most interesting thing I have heard in a long time...
Well, the only other thing I can think of that might explain losing that amount may be the air that escapes from your lungs, but other than that you have me stumped.
If you find out anything else on that let me know.
2006-07-25 19:43:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Do you really believe that in 1993, 2000 people died while sitting on scales accurate enough to register a difference of 21 grams?
2006-07-26 02:41:52 · answer #2 · answered by mlamb56 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There should be some weight loss as air and waste exit...but 21 grams seems kinda heavy for air and the number would fluctuate with waste as it would be dependant on how much the person had eaten before death.
2006-07-26 02:41:55 · answer #3 · answered by Alibi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The soul has no weight. Apprix. 21 gms is the amount of air that a normal person can hold in the lungs and when that leaves a dead body, there is the resultant decrease in weight.
2006-07-26 02:42:10 · answer #4 · answered by majorcavalry 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a scenario of movie 21 grams.
2006-07-26 03:00:42 · answer #5 · answered by Sasha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's basically just not true; the body does not mysteriously lose 21 grams upon death.
2006-07-26 02:50:23 · answer #6 · answered by extton 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Snopes article referenced by another responder at
http://www.snopes.com/religion/soulweight.asp
actually debunks the research as flawed. No surprise there.
2006-07-26 03:29:55 · answer #7 · answered by almintaka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chubaka?
2006-07-26 02:40:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If these participants didnt volunteer, wasnt this unconstitutional?
2006-07-26 03:29:33 · answer #9 · answered by lkajsfdl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure, but it made a good film on that premis.
2006-07-26 02:57:56 · answer #10 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋