>
>The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington
>Chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that
the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of
course,
>why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well:
>
>Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic
(absorbs
>heat)?
>
>Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law
(gas
>cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
One
>student, however, wrote the following:
>
>First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we
need
>to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at
which
>they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul
gets
>to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how
>many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions
that
>exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are
not
>a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more
than
>one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one
>religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and
death
>rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to
increase
>exponentially.
>
>Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because
Boyle's
>Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to
stay
>the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are
>added. This gives two possibilities:
>
>1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls
enter
>Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all
>Hell breaks loose.
>
>2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in
Hell
>then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over. So
>which is it?
>
>If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman
year
>that, "It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take
>into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two
>must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has
already
>frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen
>over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is
therefore,
>extinct..... .leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a
divine
>being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."
>
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