Hell explained by chemistry student

The following can be found . However, becauseI personally hate having to go through links to get to a page full of text I shall copy and paste away:

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washingtonchemistry 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+.

LOL.

Hahahahh! Woooot! How awesome is that, seriously.

this is truly toooo funny to get an a
great piece of writing but its probably an urban legend ..

Hahahah...he definitely took it in a direction I wasn't expecting!

i'm gonna hafta agree with diemacht on this one, there's no way a college student would write something like that and hand it in with his name on it, he'd be potentially risking some very serious trouble should that answer be taken the wrong way, but funny nonetheless

you would be surprised what people will hand in.

True indeed, I've handed in things not all that much less questionable.

And besides, "Teresa" could have actually been Sarah, or Lulu, or Maria or maybe even Rupert . Still damn funny.

well if i think about it i handed once something in the religion class test (im not religious but its a core class in highschool :S)

i finished the test and it pissed me of that something that should be leave to everyones free decision is a core 2 credit class.I wrote at the end of the paper. "you cannot judge me its bewtween me and god what i'm thinking and feeling and you have no right to judge me and decide how my grades are since you dont even know if i belive in your religion."

the teacher was actually a kind guy and he diddnt mention anything about it ever and gave me an A-
but i was 16 and very rebellios at that time. im not sure if i would do somethink like this again. it wasnt that smart when i think now about it but it was what felt right at that moment.
And the same year i passed the math course in a test were i just crossed the answer C haha
it was an d+ but it was enough

I heard of this two years ago, when I first started college (while I was at Washington State university) and they said it was turned into a WSU classroom; well at least they've kept it in the same state Now that I've transfered schools, it'd be funny if I came up on it again for this school. haha.