Phlebmaster Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 I don't believe in hell, but this was an awesome write up. :D makes you think... Is Hell Exothermic or Endothermic? The following is an actual question given on a McGill University chemistry mid-term Exam paper: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyles Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up 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 that souls are moving into Hell and the rate 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. 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 since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that most people and their 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 Boyles Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand 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. 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. So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms. Celine LeBlanc during my 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, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic. The student got the only A! 1 Quote Link to comment
HRH Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 ROFL!!! That's awesome!!!! :rofl: Quote Link to comment
elmerfudpucker Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 NICE!! :lol: Quote Link to comment
gokiburix Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 LOVE IT! :lol: Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Actually the innermost center of hell is frozen solid so he should have gotten layed. Quote Link to comment
HRH Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 And just how would you know that, Mike? :D Do some surveying there? Quote Link to comment
Thomas Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 If applying Boyle's law means hell is exothermic, then at some point it will freeze over. Take for example the zombie apocalypse: the souls entering hell will start to approach zero given that zombies are dead and have no souls. Actually, even if they do have souls, this is still true as long as they're not Dead Alive type zombies (no reproduction). Exothermic means that the system -- hell -- is giving off energy to the surroundings. By the law of conservation of energy, the student will eventually succeed in having sexual relations with Ms. Celine LeBlanc. Although, this may not happen until they're roasting marshmallows with satan. Alas, sadly Snopes has a different explanation for the origin of this anecdote. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 And just how would you know that, Mike? :D Do some surveying there? It was described by the Italian poet Alighieri about 700 years ago. Quote Link to comment
HRH Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 That's all I have to say about that! :P I had to go look up Alghieri. Found some poetry, wasn't all that impressed. Edgar Allen Poe is more my style. Quote Link to comment
Guest kamakazi620 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 And just how would you know that, Mike? :D Do some surveying there? No,DATZEN MIKE I've found knows just about EVERYTHING!!!! I think his title should be changed from KING RAT to DATSUN GOD!!! And on the 10th day GOD Created DATZEN MIKE!!!!!Not in his Image but in the form of DATSUN GOD or hes been to Oregon City the center of HELL!!!! I would have answered "of course Hell Froze Over,the EAGLES got back together DUH!!!!!" Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Matt, look up Dante's Inferno, (a part of The Devine Comedy' an allegoric description of hell and his journey through the 9 circles of it's construction down to the center where he finds the devil frozen to his waist. No it's not a comedy as we know it today. Back then any story with a moral, right, just or happy ending was called a comedy. If you've ever heard the expression 'cold as hell' or 'colder than the hubs of hell' and wondered WTF ... this may be what they are referring to. No,DATZEN MIKE I've found knows just about EVERYTHING!!!! I think his title should be changed from KING RAT to DATSUN GOD!!! And on the 10th day GOD Created DATZEN MIKE!!!!!Not in his Image but in the form of DATSUN GOD or hes been to Oregon City the center of HELL!!!! I would have answered "of course Hell Froze Over,the EAGLES got back together DUH!!!!!" Oh my! Someone's been painting without a mask again. I've been to Regina. (close enough) Datsun God is already taken? or was that L Motor God? King Rat is fine. Long live the king! Quote Link to comment
HRH Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Nice, I will check that out! Read lots of classics, but missed that one. Quote Link to comment
OpelWagenGT Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 I don't know when it got changed but from what I know this is the original ending it is much better. the uncensored version 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." Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Actually the innermost center of hell is frozen solid so... how many souls does it take to get to the center? he should have gotten layed. :angry: can NEVER trust anything that bleeds for a week... and lives! Quote Link to comment
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