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Title: Hell explained by a chemisty student
Post by: Swoop on March 09, 2009, 05:00:45 AM


HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT


The following is an actual question given on 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."


Tee hee :)
Title: Re: Hell explained by a chemisty student
Post by: Xasthur on March 09, 2009, 05:22:41 AM
Hahahahahahahah.

I bet his teacher loved that. Imagine sitting through a pile of boring essays full of the same crap to come to that half way through the pile?

He must have laughed his balls off.
Title: Re: Hell explained by a chemisty student
Post by: Saxman on March 09, 2009, 07:43:52 AM
Old, but good.
Title: Re: Hell explained by a chemisty student
Post by: oakranger on March 09, 2009, 08:30:10 AM
 :rofl
Title: Re: Hell explained by a chemisty student
Post by: Airscrew on March 09, 2009, 12:42:23 PM
Old, but good.
yep, I'll bet the guy that originally wrote that has got be at least 80 by now, but still funny now as it was 100 years ago.    :lol   thank god for the internet though....
Title: Re: Hell explained by a chemisty student
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on March 09, 2009, 12:42:28 PM
And once Teresa found out what he wrote in his paper he probably hoped the ground would open..
Title: Re: Hell explained by a chemisty student
Post by: trigger2 on March 09, 2009, 03:18:09 PM
And once Teresa found out what he wrote in his paper he probably hoped the ground would open..

Yeah, cause all hell would break loose. ;)

That's great... Creative. :)
Title: Re: Hell explained by a chemisty student
Post by: avionix on March 09, 2009, 03:24:16 PM
That created a chuckle in my day.  Thanks!   :aok
Title: Re: Hell explained by a chemisty student
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on March 10, 2009, 09:47:16 AM
Well, no bad but he almost got it right  :D  Hell is not extinct, it's just frozen over, but you still burn in hell due to freezer burns.:devil
Title: Re: Hell explained by a chemisty student
Post by: Denholm on March 10, 2009, 11:01:49 PM
Hilarious! :lol
Title: Re: Hell explained by a chemisty student
Post by: SirLoin on March 11, 2009, 01:23:30 AM
Hell is man-made.

It is what you make it..or it is what someone else makes it for you.