Template:Did you know nominations/21 grams experiment

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:48, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

21 grams experiment

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... that according to Snopes, the belief that the soul weighs 21 grams should not be given any credence? Source: [1])
- ALT1:... that fifteen dogs were probably poisoned in an experiment attempting to prove human souls have weight? Source: As above

Reviewed: Paranthus rapiformis
Comment: ALTs welcome

Improved to Good Article status by Freikorp (talk). Self-nominated at 00:24, 20 July 2017 (UTC).

Good article approval recent enough. All non-lead paragraphs cited. Earwig found no significant close paraphrasing issues, copyright violations or plagiarism. NPOV. Both hooks interesting, cited and check out with the source. For ALT1, the source has "one is forced to conjecture that the good doctor calmly poisoned fifteen healthy canines". I think we can reasonably infer "probably poisoned" from that. However, we could trim "healthy" and "to death" in the interests of brevity. Edwardx (talk) 13:00, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your review, trimmed ALT1 as recommended. Freikorp (talk) 13:09, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

typo in hook - credence JennyOz (talk) 15:45, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, JennyOz. I blame not spotting it on Creedence Clearwater Revival - their influence lives on! Edwardx (talk) 21:02, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Haha I think that's why I also made the mistake in the first place. :p Freikorp (talk) 23:51, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Hee hee, I had guessed that was why:) Big Creedence fan myself! JennyOz (talk) 02:23, 21 July 2017 (UTC)