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The following is an actual question given on a McGill University chemistry mid-term Exam paper: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyles 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 people and their 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 Boyles Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand as souls are added. This gives two possibilities. - 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.
- Of course, 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 Ms. Celine LeBlanc during my Freshman year - that "it will be a cold night in Hell before I sleep with you" - and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then (2) cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic.
The student got the only A! |
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(posted on 12 Oct 2007 22:22:59 IST)
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| lol.. one fine piece! and it's true to the last word... show some appreciation rates! lol |
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(posted on 13 Oct 2007 11:18:03 IST)
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cool.....But see my answer - If we take into account "Die another Day" , a James Bond film , we can conclude that every one wants to die in another day .So whatever be the rate of expansion of Hell , it is always greater than the rate at which souls enter Hell per day cuz people are born in different days and want to die in another day of their own choice .Moreover , some people will go to heaven .As a result , the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.Hence , Hell is obviously endothermic.
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(posted on 13 Oct 2007 11:27:25 IST)
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but ppl dont die on days of their own choice... thts y hes considered the birth and mortality/death rate :) lol id love to meet this guy.
and no acc to his theory noone can go to heaven cos everyreligion implies tht ppl of other religions are non believers so with every person that is the case thru other religions so thus he gets hell LOL |
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