The results of experiments by DuncanMacDougall, who tried to measure the weight of the departing soul,
have been theorized to have a basis in some sort of "information erasure" at the moment of death
(though in a tongue-in-cheek fashion it appears):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_MacDougall_(doctor)
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The results of experiments by DuncanMacDougall, who tried to measure the weight of the departing soul, have been theorized to have a basis in some sort of "information erasure" at the moment of death (though in a tongue-in-cheek fashion it appears): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_MacDougall_(doctor)