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A thermodynamics professor had written a
take home exam for his graduate students. It had one
question: "Is hell exothermic or endothermic?
Support your answer with a proof." Most of the
students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law
or some variant. One student, however wrote the following:
_____First, we postulate that if souls exist, then
they must have some mass. If they do, then a mole of
souls can also have a mass. So, at what rate are souls
moving into hell and at what rate are souls 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 souls entering hell,
lets 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
people do not belong to more than one religion, we can
project that all people and 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 in volume in hell. Boyle's Law states that in
order for the temperature and pressure in hell to stay
the same, the ratio of the mass of souls and volume needs
to stay constant.
_____So, 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, than the temperature and pressure will drop until
hell freezes over.
It was not revealed what grade the student got.
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