Re: Useless hypotheses

From: hal@finney.org
Date: Fri Dec 21 2001 - 13:58:02 MST


JR writes:
> Good. Since bodies do not actually lose weight at the moment of death, that
> should help to put the "mind" hypothesis to rest (at least for people who
> entertain the notion that a "mind" is a physical object with weight). This
> "mind" thing sounds suspiciously like a surreptitious attempt to re-introduce
> the "soul" by substituting another name for that kind of bunk.

Some people claim to have observed weight loss at the moment of death.
See http://www.artbell.com/duncan.html for one example.

Hal



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