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Whatever the soul is, its existence can't be proved or disproved by natural science

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
imageRobert Blair, "The Soul hovering over the Body reluctantly parting with Life"William Blake, via Wikimedia Commons

In 1901, one of the most famous metaphysical experiments of the 20th century was performed by a Massachusetts physician. His name was Duncan MacDougall, and he believed that, if the soul were real, it should have measurable weight. He...

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