Street Epistemology Quick-Clip: Sam | Weighing the Soul

San Antonio, Texas
Recorded: 30 November 2016
Uploaded: 3 December 2016

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Sam believes in reincarnation and that she has a soul because an experiment once reported that souls weigh seven pounds.

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[JustinPerea]

Dang that was a good question. I would have never thought to ask that.

[JamesPeach]

I'd like to point out that--that was very quick and good thinking from Anthony. He's becoming better at this, props to him.

[LucasChoate]

my soul only weighs 3 pounds. I weighed it when I sold it.

[ScubaJames]

I literally laughed out loud at that!! Good rebuttal man, and props to her for being honest about not knowing for sure if she had a soul

[InternetDude]

Great comeback question! I like this shorter snippet format

[teavea]

Great comeback question. The weight difference should be even more noticeable with premature babies.

[matttrophy]

She is right, good question, Anthony.

[forallofme]

That was a REALLY quick and thought-provoking question!! Great job!

[MrBDF]

I like having some of the videos in shorter format, don't always have time to keep up with all of the longer ones. Nice counter question as well!

[AtheistEve]

I was a six and a half pound baby. I was cheated out of my fair shares of soul!

[UrukEngineer]

It must be hard for you, at times, to keep a respectful, straight face.

[jeffersonianideal]

Why would energy and consciousness need to weigh 7 pounds? Apparently, the "soul" needs to cut down on the high fructose corn syrup.

[sleepthesleepofangel]

nice format, I like it. Concise, introductive, teasing. Great idea!

[clintronnow]

@1:04 Lol, Sam laughed at that too. It was like we were all laughing together for a second there. =D

[sheepyroman]

That's a good question (*repeating herself over and over*) xD

[ShellacScrubber]

Excellent clip Anthony.This not only illustrates the propensity for certain people to cling on to the most ridiculous ideas without ever stopping to analyze those ideas, it also shows the willingness of many to pass on and perpetuate such rubbish.

Unfortunately, this lady is a prime example of a member of the all too common "I can tell you a thing or two" fraternity !!

[Nasuth]

My soul eats a lot so it's actually 14 pounds.

[ctpaul]

Anthony left a 7 pound pebble in her shoe. Nicely done, Anthony!  :-)

[frank]

0:45 oh I get it the physical structure of the scale went up 7lbs, now it makes "sense"

[tommiatkins]

The "experiment" she alluded to shoes a 3 gramme drop and it was over a period of half a hour. It was water loss. But of course, decades on, the same story is rolled out and magnified.