A University of Washington chemistry midterm:

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a University of Washington chemistry midterm:
"Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs
heat)? Support your answer with a proof."
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using
Boyle's Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up 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 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, let's look at the different 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 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 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. Therese Banyan during my Freshman year "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 having sexual relations with her, then 2 cannot be
true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic.
The student got the only A.

Pokes

Hehe , got a laugh.Makes you think too

Pugsley

He deserved that A for plain intelligent humour