Hell explained by chemistry student

<p>HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT</p>

<p>The following is an actual question given on a University ofWashington chemistry mid term.</p>

<p>The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, is why we now have the pleasure
of enjoying it as well:</p>

<p>Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>One student, however, wrote the following:</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>This gives two possibilities:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>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.</p></li>
<li><p>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.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>So which is it?</p>

<p>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! 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, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.'</p>

<p>THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+</p>

<p>Thought I'd share this with you guys haha.</p>

<p>Hahaha… That’s amazing. Whoever came up with that is genius.</p>

<p>Souls have mass?</p>

<p>That just made my life right there.</p>

<p>This person deserves to instantly graduate from college. Note that this is really old anyway. someone did this like a very long time back.</p>

<p>That should be a Nobel Prize.</p>

<p>Immediate graduation with a PhD is in order.</p>

<p>That really made me laugh though.</p>

<p>I’ve seen this before (a different variation though), so I decided to look it up on Snopes ;).</p>

<p>[snopes.com:</a> Endothermic or Exothermic?](<a href=“http://www.snopes.com/college/exam/hell.asp]snopes.com:”>Is Hell Endothermic or Exothermic? | Snopes.com)</p>

<p>If only all chemistry teachers were like that</p>

<p>Wow, I laughed that entire time.</p>