Socrates talked of the soul, but it was Rene' Descartes who is credited with the theory that the 'mind is not physical,' and is a 'separate entity from the brain.' There are some physical problems with this theory, like how does 'non-matter' affect 'matter.' Well, there are all sorts of explanations that do everything but fail at one thing: the explanations don't answer the damn question.
This is where 'blind faith' in both polar religions needs to be dropped.
The scientist who conducted the inadequate and prejudicial tests for the loss of weight at death was Dr. Duncan MacDougall.
There is no question that MacDougall's work is not scientifically reliable, and he likely came up with an incorrect conclusion about animals not having souls because of the method of death. The soul in a euthanized animal would react more like a soul might in the case of a murder or accidental death. I believe that his prejudice that 'human life is more sacred than animal life' led him to accept that which could be explained differently to confirm his own prejudice.
Consider that the aural lights, the nervous system electricity, and other beliefs that involve real matter in conception are the physical particles, and that the weight of these particles is borne by the body to which they are attached.
The biggest issue I can see is that weight of the amount that Dr. MacDougal cited would be substantially greater than the small amount of electricity in the body. How much of it might be ionic that results in our magnetism? How far would we have to project light, magnetism, and electricity such that it isn't noticeably attached? How can that much energy leave at death and not be noticeable? Why are we not able to see the physical particles interact with the physical brain cells?
How would a fifth dimension work? Is light a dimension? Nothing is visible without it.
How do black holes work? Time to google.
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