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Michael Butler
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Mon Nov 29 10:26:40 PST 2004
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Subj: chemistry proves hell and heaven, very funny thesis!
You have to read this one all the way through..... I'm still laughing!!!
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> Subject: can this be true?
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> The following is supposedly 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.
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> 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.
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> 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:
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> 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.
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> 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 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell
> is exothermic and has already frozen over.
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> 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
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