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Question on Hell.....!!!
IS HELL EXOTHERMIC, OR ENDOTHERMIC?
The following is an actual question given on University
of Liverpool chemistry finals.
The answer by one student was so "profound" that the
professor shared it with colleagues via the Internet,
which is 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 That 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 constant, the
volume of Hell must 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 Sandra 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 2 must be
true, and thus I am sure that Hell is endothermic 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 extinct... leaving only Heaven,
thereby proving the existence of a divine being which
explains why, last night, Sandra kept shouting "Oh my
God."
The student received a A for his answer... |
