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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 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."

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"




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