Soul existence cannot be proved by science
Aaron Sakulich
Issue date: 1/14/05 Section: Sci-Tech
What really burns me up about this is that there is just enough science to make it appear as a reasonable experiment. There's nothing wrong with the hypothesis. There's not even anything wrong with the experimental method, except for the fact that because this happened in 1907, Dr. MacDougall was using a crude beam scale that could easily be thrown off by the patient's movement.
Yet to conclude anything from one result, one out of a mere four tests, a result that was impossible to reproduce, is reprehensible. When occultists try to tell me that I'm tall because I was born on a day in which Bigfoot stood underneath an ascending Mars, that's fine. I disagree, but it's like disagreeing with my 2-year-old step-nephew when we play chess. When someone tells me that the human soul has weight, and that science has proven this, it makes the blood in my veins boil.
Using science as a cover for making religious statements is a perversion. They're different fields entirely; to try to argue that a soul does, or, for that matter, does not, exist based on science is an insult to both science and religion. Dr. MacDougall gave his religious beliefs weight by abusing the respectability of science; this is nothing short of a grotesque crime.
I'm not claiming that the soul does not exist; I'm claiming that its existence can not be proven by science. Science and religion are both respectable fields that should not, and cannot, be mixed. If people have souls, they're certainly not made of meat.
Aaron Sakulich is a senior majoring in materials science and engineering.
Yet to conclude anything from one result, one out of a mere four tests, a result that was impossible to reproduce, is reprehensible. When occultists try to tell me that I'm tall because I was born on a day in which Bigfoot stood underneath an ascending Mars, that's fine. I disagree, but it's like disagreeing with my 2-year-old step-nephew when we play chess. When someone tells me that the human soul has weight, and that science has proven this, it makes the blood in my veins boil.
Using science as a cover for making religious statements is a perversion. They're different fields entirely; to try to argue that a soul does, or, for that matter, does not, exist based on science is an insult to both science and religion. Dr. MacDougall gave his religious beliefs weight by abusing the respectability of science; this is nothing short of a grotesque crime.
I'm not claiming that the soul does not exist; I'm claiming that its existence can not be proven by science. Science and religion are both respectable fields that should not, and cannot, be mixed. If people have souls, they're certainly not made of meat.
Aaron Sakulich is a senior majoring in materials science and engineering.
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donuts
donuts
posted 1/14/05 @ 2:58 PM EST
Can it be disproven by science?
JimOberg
JimOberg
posted 1/14/05 @ 7:58 PM EST
Aaron:
The human soul has weight and science has proven this.
Is the blood in yours veins boiling yet?
No, but seriously, you've convinced me. (Continued…)
JimOberg
JimOberg
posted 1/14/05 @ 9:32 PM EST
Accursed Macs and their microscopic print; I made a typo Aaron.
I wrote "Is the blood in yours veins boiling yet?" when I meant:
"Is the blood in your veins boiling yet?"
Well . (Continued…)
nikita gill
posted 6/28/07 @ 4:04 AM EST
if there is a soul why do people say that a soul is not true its just a word people like to say . a soul yeah no one has proven it s soul no one proved its soul that makes us waht we are
and i do blck magic i no
thank you ]nikita gill
x
Moribund
posted 8/01/07 @ 9:29 PM EST
Why should the blood in your veins boil when you hear the mentioned comment? After all if you truly want to be objective you should in fact keep your cool and save the fury for the pub brawls :-) Science cannot "prove" anything. (Continued…)
Tim
posted 6/19/08 @ 6:26 PM EST
"The human soul is not made of meat" well DUH! no fucking shit. The soul is immaterial and immortal.
"Science without religion is blind, religion without science is lame"
-albert einstein
Chad
posted 5/17/09 @ 4:34 PM EST
There is no way to "prove" scientifically that there is such a thing as a soul, it's immaterial. How else would it be able to leave your body when you die? Therefore you're not going to loose anyweight because your soul leaves your body. (Continued…)
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