| The 'Science' question about hell. | |
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EV3RY Acid Rain Clan Member
Number of posts : 502 Age : 26 Location : Engerland Registration date : 2008-07-21
| Subject: The 'Science' question about hell. Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:46 am | |
| I was mailed this and thought I would share it with you, I think the student thoroughly deserved the A grade he received!
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The following is an actual question given on a University of Liverpool chemistry final exam.
The answer by one student was so “profound” that the professor shared it with colleagues via the Internet, which is why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.
Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law that 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 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 constant, the volume of Hell must 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 Sandra 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 endothermic 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 extinct…leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being - which explains why, last night, Sandra kept shouting “Oh my God.”
THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY “A”. | |
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Leafs420
Number of posts : 223 Age : 51 Location : Brantford Ont. Canada Registration date : 2008-07-10
| Subject: Re: The 'Science' question about hell. Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:18 am | |
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{AR}SaKre Acid Rain Clan Member
Number of posts : 678 Age : 45 Location : Amsterdam Registration date : 2008-07-21
| Subject: Re: The 'Science' question about hell. Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:51 pm | |
| Marvelous, absolutly marvelous!! | |
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ranger1 Acid Rain Clan Member
Number of posts : 340 Age : 48 Location : brantford ontario canada Registration date : 2008-07-13
| Subject: Re: The 'Science' question about hell. Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:00 pm | |
| ok that has to be the best answer to that question i have ever seen LOL he tottally desevrved that A | |
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T2 Acid Rain Clan Member
Number of posts : 153 Age : 35 Location : Australia Registration date : 2008-07-03
| Subject: Re: The 'Science' question about hell. Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:24 am | |
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Roman_Pope
Number of posts : 265 Age : 35 Registration date : 2008-08-20
| Subject: Re: The 'Science' question about hell. Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:47 am | |
| I wonder what things that student said to Sandra to sleep with her... | |
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{AR}Warno Acid Rain Clan Member
Number of posts : 1322 Registration date : 2008-07-06
| Subject: Re: The 'Science' question about hell. Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:41 am | |
| i wish i got A's for that | |
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{AR}Shadow Acid Rain Clan Member
Number of posts : 593 Age : 30 Location : Netherlands, Flevoland, Almere Registration date : 2008-07-18
| Subject: Re: The 'Science' question about hell. Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:43 am | |
| Haha, he definitely deserves an A for that. =P -which explains why, last night, Sandra kept shouting "Oh my God." | |
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wilk101 Acid Rain Clan Member
Number of posts : 591 Location : United States Registration date : 2008-08-20
| Subject: Re: The 'Science' question about hell. Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:15 am | |
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{AR}slapbass Acid Rain Clan Member
Number of posts : 66 Age : 52 Location : France Registration date : 2008-10-07
| Subject: Re: The 'Science' question about hell. Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:14 am | |
| funny, two weeks ago i received it and it was suppose to be a french student...lol | |
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EV3RY Acid Rain Clan Member
Number of posts : 502 Age : 26 Location : Engerland Registration date : 2008-07-21
| Subject: Re: The 'Science' question about hell. Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:52 am | |
| Nah, French students aint that clever mate | |
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