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The following is an actual question given on
>> a University of Liverpool chemistry final exam. The answer by one student
>> was so “profound” that the professor shared it with colleagues via the
>> Internet, which is why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.
>> Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
>>
>> Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law that
>> 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 asoul 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 constant,
>> the
>> volume ofHell must 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 Sandra 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 endothermic 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
>> extinct…leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine
>> being – which explains why, last night, Sandra kept shouting “Oh my God.”
>> THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY “A”.