HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT > > > 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 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: > 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 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 explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting ‘Oh my > God.’ > THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+. > > >
If you haven’t seen this already, it’s worth a look.
UNC students take a break from the stress of finals with an 8-minute flash mob rave in the library. Do flashmobs count as retro already? (via cackalacky789)
