Physics Question (Sorry, It's Evil But Funny..)
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>
>Physics Question
>
>The following is an actual question given on a major university's
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 Mary 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 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, Mary kept shouting "Oh my God."
>
>THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A
>
>Physics Question
>
>The following is an actual question given on a major university's
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 Mary 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 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, Mary kept shouting "Oh my God."
>
>THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A
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