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It's always fun to read good writing and clever thinking
No matter what your religion, you have to get a laugh out of this.
HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT
The following is 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 ar e 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 ov er.
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 explain s why, last night, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.
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THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+.
Posted : 30/11/2008 6:29 pm
LOL... yup.. a Washingtonian.... 😆
Posted : 30/11/2008 9:16 pm
It's always fun to read good writing and clever thinking
No matter what your religion, you have to get a laugh out of this.HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT
The following is 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 ar e 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 ov er.
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 explain s why, last night, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.
'THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+.
LOL at the last part, damn them, the hell freezes over postulates!
But there are more possibilities available than the two given, since there are three variables in the Ideal Gas Laws, (PV=nRT), however only proportionality in Boyles law (P1V1=P2V2) with an assumption that hell is at a constant temperature... Since he is bringing in temperature as another variable, Boyle's law cannot be used by itself, since temperature was suppose to be held constant in that situation. If hell did freeze over, then it would be exothermic, since it would giving off heat in order to maintain equilibrium with its surroundings, therefore it losing energy within itself and freezing. If hell's temperature has not reached equilibrium, and hell has excess energy to give, then his hypothesis would be correct, that hell would be exothermic. If hell was exothermic, then it would be hotter... not cold... This also assumes that hell has more energy then heaven itself, therefore giving up its souls.
If souls=energy, and the souls flock to hell at an exponential rate, then initially hell would be endothermic and then it would reach a state of equilibrium with it surroundings and refuses the acceptance of anymore souls. However, if heaven began to have less souls than hell, then hell would act as if it was exothermic and begin releasing its souls to heaven. In which case hell would be exothermic and heaven would be endothermic.
Funny answer by him BTW, since his whole conclusion rested on Theresa sleeping with him... 🙂
Posted : 01/12/2008 5:03 am
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uh ok
Posted : 02/12/2008 1:13 am
It's always fun to read good writing and clever thinking
No matter what your religion, you have to get a laugh out of this.HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT
The following is 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 ar e 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 ov er.
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 explain s why, last night, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.
'THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+.
LOL at the last part, damn them, the hell freezes over postulates!
But there are more possibilities available than the two given, since there are three variables in the Ideal Gas Laws, (PV=nRT), however only proportionality in Boyles law (P1V1=P2V2) with an assumption that hell is at a constant temperature... Since he is bringing in temperature as another variable, Boyle's law cannot be used by itself, since temperature was suppose to be held constant in that situation. If hell did freeze over, then it would be exothermic, since it would giving off heat in order to maintain equilibrium with its surroundings, therefore it losing energy within itself and freezing. If hell's temperature has not reached equilibrium, and hell has excess energy to give, then his hypothesis would be correct, that hell would be exothermic. If hell was exothermic, then it would be hotter... not cold... This also assumes that hell has more energy then heaven itself, therefore giving up its souls.
If souls=energy, and the souls flock to hell at an exponential rate, then initially hell would be endothermic and then it would reach a state of equilibrium with it surroundings and refuses the acceptance of anymore souls. However, if heaven began to have less souls than hell, then hell would act as if it was exothermic and begin releasing its souls to heaven. In which case hell would be exothermic and heaven would be endothermic.
Funny answer by him BTW, since his whole conclusion rested on Theresa sleeping with him... 🙂
Damn... I was drunk last night... Sorry Stmac lol
Posted : 02/12/2008 11:11 am