Dellins Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Found it on another forum: 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 : 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+. __________________ Link to comment
Barney Stinson Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Hahahaha that's awesome Dellins Link to comment
Barney Stinson Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Carly! Lotsa people are putting punctuation at the end of their names Maybe I should be Mr. Wiggles@ Link to comment
Canuckette_84 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 LOL Very awesome. Link to comment
Barney Stinson Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Oh you are alive Bure who? Actually, I'm thinking about changing my name to KimKardashian <3 Link to comment
d^/ > _ < \^b Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Haha, thanks for that Dellins. That definitely gave me a good laugh and a good way for my brain to cool off studying ironically... for a chemistry midterm. This O=CHem stuff is kinda driving me crazy at the moment. Link to comment
Slender Man Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Oh you are alive Bure who? Actually, I'm thinking about changing my name to KimKardashian <3 Did you miss me that much? Link to comment
Barney Stinson Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Just haven't seen you in a while Or maybe it's because i haven't posted in a while lololol Link to comment
Canuckette_84 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Quite a few creepers in here tonight. Good to know I'm not the only one Link to comment
d^/ > _ < \^b Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Quite a few creepers in here tonight. Good to know I'm not the only one Creepers? Link to comment
The Situation Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Why are people making such a big deal about how KFC stopped selling that overpriced garbage? Link to comment
The Brahma Bull Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 (edited) I need something to jam to while I'm in here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c5f4jMtNgI&feature=related Edited November 16, 2010 by The Brahma Bull Link to comment
Slender Man Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Creepers? Isn't that the zombie chick from The Walking Dead? Link to comment
The Brahma Bull Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Isn't that the zombie chick from The Walking Dead? yeah, after the rock whooped that candyass all over the place! Link to comment
d^/ > _ < \^b Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Isn't that the zombie chick from The Walking Dead? Mhmm. Link to comment
The Brahma Bull Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Why are people making such a big deal about how KFC stopped selling that overpriced garbage? Link to comment
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