> > > >Physics Story > > > > > >A thermodynamics professor had written a take home exam for her > > graduate > > >students. It had one question: > > > > > >"Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with a > proof." > > > > > >Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's > Law or > > >some variant. One student, however wrote the following: > > > > > >First, we postulate that if souls exist, then they must have some > mass. > > > > > >If they do, then a mole of souls can also have a mass. So, at what > rate > > >are souls moving into hell and at what rate are souls 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 souls entering hell, lets look at the different religions > that > > >exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you > are > > >not a member of their religion, you will go to hell. Since there are > > >more than one of these religions and people do not belong to more > than > > >one religion, we can project that all people and 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 in volume in hell. Boyle's Law > > states > > >that in order for the temperature and pressure in hell to stay the > > same, > > >the ratio of the mass of souls and volume needs to stay constant. > > > > > >So, 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. > > > > > >Of course, 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. > > > > > >It was not revealed what grade the student got. > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >
