Hell

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In a University of Washington mid-term examination in Chemistry the following question was actually asked:

Is hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? support your answer with a proof.

Most students wrote about the ideal gas law and that gases heat up when they are compressed. One student, however wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of hell is changing over time. In other words, we need to know the rate souls are leaving hell. I think we can safely assume that once a soul gets to hell, then it will not leave. Therefore, we assume that no souls are leaving hell.

As for how many souls are entering hell: Let's look at the different religions that are in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion then you will go to hell. Since there are more than one of these religions, and since people usually do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and all souls go to hell. With the current birth and death rates we can expect the number of souls to increase exponentially.

Now we look at the rate of change of the volume of hell because the gas law states that in order for the temperature to stay the same the volume of hell has to expand as the souls are added.

This gives rise to two possibilities:

1. If hell is expanding at a slower rate than at which souls enter hell, then the temperature and pressure in hell will increase until all hell breaks.

2. Of course, if hell is expanding at a rate faster that 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 by Ms Theresa Banyan during my freshman year, "It will be a cold night in hell before I go out with you!" and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in that area, then 2. cannot be true, and so hell is exothermic.

Apparently, the student who gave this answer scored the only 'A'!