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Just so I might be able to use this!! (BTW, a little risque)
Enjoy!
The following is supposedly 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.
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> 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.
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> One student, however, wrote the following:
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> 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:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> So which is it?
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> 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
> 2 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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> THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"
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