posted December 13, 2007 01:37 PM            

The following is an actual exam question given on an 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)?

The students had to write proofs with their use of 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 most 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 EVER GO OUT WITH YOU," and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having that event take place, then, #2 cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and will not freeze."

THE STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A" GIVEN IN THE CLASS!

posted December 13, 2007 06:14 PM            

Silverstone , you beat me to hell LOL

All right you get the presidential suite (occassionally used by Satan himself but he is gone now to earth collecting more souls) that comes with jacuzzi, full hdtv, blu ray player , etc
And a Rolls Royce with Lucifer himself as a tour guide LOL