READ TILL END..........EXCELLENT

 

 

The following is an actual question given on a University of

Washington chemistry mid-term exam. 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.

 

Here is the "Bonus Question" on the exam:

 

Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

 

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:

 

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 are 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.

 

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.. 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 Teresa (a girlfriend of mine

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 2 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."

 

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A."