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: 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.
:
: 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 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."
:
: THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"
:
: Proves the adage that you can explain anything with science.
:

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