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Humor:
A true story. 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 con!stant.
#1: 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, meaning
that hell is exothermic.
#2: 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, meaning that
hell is endothermic. So which is it? If we accept the postulate given me
by Theresa Banyan during 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. Therefore, hell is exothermic. This student got the
only A. |