this was an actual question given on a university chemistry exam:
'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 its 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, lets look at the different religions that exist in the world today. some of these 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 the are we can expect the number of souls in hell to increase exponentially
now, we look at the rate of change of 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 Tracey Nicholson during my first year at college-‘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 hell is exothermic
this student got the only A
2006-08-29 11:32:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles