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The
Thermodynamics
of Hell
(author unknown)
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From an anonymous but reliable source:
A thermodynamics professor wrote 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:
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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 the
volume of 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, then the temperature and pressure
will
drop until hell freezes over.
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It was not revealed what grade the
student got.
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