Talk:Duncan MacDougall (doctor)

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Could someone else repeat his experiment?

Do you mean the part about poisoning dogs?


"(for mass cannot be destroyed)" Mass indeed can be created or destroyed when we take special relativity into account. E = mc2 refers to the equivalence between matter and energy. Twistered (talk) 08:46, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

This is technically correct, but if a man would lose 21 grams while dying, he would emit so much energy, that he would explode. --Qaywsxedc (talk) 18:30, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

This article seems to go out of its way to criticize MacDougall...do we really need to say repeatedly that his work was of no scientific merit? Isn't that obvious enough from the description? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.9.8.21 (talk) 18:26, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


This sounds less like an encyclopedia entry and more like an opinion paper. "Dubious shenanegans" is hardly neutral. I'm not defending the man, but reading this article, it is simply not up to standards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.208.41.192 (talk) 10:24, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I agree with the prior posts. Wikipedia is meant to be informative and content-neutral, rather than an opportunity for others to opine on their personal views. If MacDougall's theories were and are generally unaccepted by the scientific community, say so, provide a citation, and kindly move on. Leave the editorializing to the reader.

--Shazamtwix (talk) 19:14, 6 December 2007 (UTC)