Sebbylite

I got a forward a long, long time ago (yes, in a galaxy far, far away you damn hypocrites) about a physics professor giving a test to his students with only one question. The question was: Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with a proof.

The forward that I originally got stipulated that the entire class failed, citing different laws and making absurd claims, except for one student. This student wrote the following:

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 volume in 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, than the temperature and pressure will drop until hell freezes over.

Of course, the first time I saw it there was a stipulation that the students last girlfriend mentioned that she wouldn’t sleep with him again until hell freezes over, and since that hadn’t happened yet he concluded that Hell must be breaking loose, and is therefore exothermic. And of course the story went on to say that he was the only one to get an A in the entire class. Unfortunately, it’s a crock of shite, but I still liked the science behind it all.