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>HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT
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>The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington
>chemistry mid term.
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>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 :
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>Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic
>(absorbs heat)?
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>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.
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>One student, however, wrote the following:
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>This gives two possibilities:
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>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.
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>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.
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>So which is it?
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>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.'
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>THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+.
