[Rhodes22-list] Hell explained.
Brad Haslett
flybrad at gmail.com
Tue Jun 27 09:38:48 EDT 2006
Rummy,
That is too funny, Excuse me while I forward that to everyone I know.
Brad
On 6/27/06, R22RumRunner at aol.com <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
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> HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT
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> The following is an actual question given on a
> University of Washington chemistry mid-term.
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> 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 :
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> Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or
> endothermic (absorbs heat)?
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> 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.
> One student, however, wrote the following:
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> 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. 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.
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> This gives two possibilities:
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> 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?
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> 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."
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> THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"
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