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This was sent to me today, and It made me smile...<br>
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thought I would pass it on, sorry to abuse the list....<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The
following is an actual question given on a University of Washington
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: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Bonus
Question: Is Hell exothermic(gives off heat) or
endothermic (absorbs heat)? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">One
student, however, wrote the following: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">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 in
Hell has
to expand proportionately as souls are added: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">This
gives two possibilities: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">So which
is it? 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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><span
style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The
corollary of the 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." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">THE
STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"<br>
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