> >>
> >>This was an "Actual Question" given on a University of
> >>Washington chemistry
> >>midterm.
> >>
> >>"Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs
> >>heat)? Support your
> >>answer with proof."
> >>
> >>Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using
> >>Boyle's Law (gas cools
> >>off when it expands and heats up 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 that souls are moving into Hell and the rate
> >>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. 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 since 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 of the volume in Hell
> >>because Boyle's Law
> >>states that in order for temperature and the pressure in
> >>Hell to stay the same,
> >>the volume of Hell has to expand 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. 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.
> >>
> >>So which is it?
> >>
> >>If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms. Therese Banyan
> >>during my Freshman
> >>year, "That it will be a cold night in Hell before I sleep
> >>with you," and take
> >>into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in
> >>that area, then (2)
> >>cannot be true, and so Hell is exothermic.
> >>
> >>This student got the only A.
> >>
> >
>
>
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