Hell Freezes over

The following was 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.

Bonus Question: 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 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.

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 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.'

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+.

Awesomezzz... Haha

Too cheeemmmzzz...

Titu

this is damn cool.

If I wrote an essay like that, I think sure kena hulled into principal's office.

joleelyn wrote:

this is damn cool.

If I wrote an essay like that, I think sure kena hulled into principal's office.

Aiyah... been there, done that, own the t-shirt making factory.

I too goody goody two shoes. dun dare.

"Oh My God"

joleelyn wrote:

I too goody goody two shoes. dun dare.

Yah rite

really..... i'm a nerd.

joleelyn wrote:

really..... i'm a nerd.

nerd killer u mean?

no lor. true bookworm nerd. I look like one anyways..lol. with the specs.

hur hur...so humble.

of course. i always am. ..

bookworm from hell or bookworm from heaven ?....keke....

heaven la. wah liao..

me also bookworms, study like hell, and result also like hell...luckily hell has frozen, not taking in any more new applicants..haha !!

still with my glasses on..still look like a bookworm..haha !!

I just got glasses. apparently the degree is really low. but stilll choose to wear. aint so bad.

cleaning them is a pain though. grrr.not used to it.

should go fo Lasik...no more pain like hell and definitely bring you closer to heaven..haha

only 50 go for lasik...

hha. for the last 21yrs perfectly fine until I had to buck up and become a nerd.

stop flirting...

oooo. marshall scold liao.

why MC...u jealous ar !!...

me never met joleelyn...so just chit chat ..cannot meh !!

wait i give you color card..haha !![left]

MC jealous? wahahhaa

A... how come jolee the name change color liao? promoted?

no lo. my boy will get jealous. lol. no la. he's not like that.

i became a caddy. lol..

haha..!!

me just disturb MC only lah..dnt take it too serious...keke