PDA

View Full Version : Thermodynamics Of Hell


ARiA
02-03-2003, 01:34 PM
THERMODYNAMICS OF HELL

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington
chemistry midterm exam.
The answer was so profound that the professor shared it with his colleagues,
which is 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 expanding, heats up when 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 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 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, as 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 as
souls are added. This gives two possibilities:



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.

So, which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms. Teresa Banyan during my
freshman year, "that it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you".
If we also take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in
having sexual relations with her, then #2 cannot be true. Thus I am sure that
Hell is exothermic and will not freeze.

The student received the only "A" given.




:cackle:

Evil Chris
02-03-2003, 03:30 PM
That was funny as hell too.... LOL

Thanks for sharing that ARiA... :cool:

ARiA
02-03-2003, 04:30 PM
Always...
I thought it was great! glad you enjoyed it too ;)

silverway
02-03-2003, 05:25 PM
Originally posted by ARiA
Always...
I thought it was great! glad you enjoyed it too ;)
This guys is really an intelligent student.
That's awesome.:cool:

StuartD
02-03-2003, 06:55 PM
I got laid once.... I thought for sure this meant that Hell was freezing over :rolleyes:

Darin
02-03-2003, 10:06 PM
Yup makes sense.

That is of course, if you beleive in heaven and hell. If you don't, then his theory that everyone will goto hell is false.

Which doesnt really matter cause his theory was incomplete because he never found a value for time.

::-|

Darin
02-03-2003, 10:07 PM
Oh, and Aria..

Have I told you how fucking sexy you are today?

:cool:

StuartD
02-03-2003, 10:14 PM
Originally posted by Darin
Yup makes sense.

That is of course, if you beleive in heaven and hell. If you don't, then his theory that everyone will goto hell is false.

Which doesnt really matter cause his theory was incomplete because he never found a value for time.

::-|

time has no value. It's just mother nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once ;)

wsjb78
02-04-2003, 04:09 AM
Good one Aria, thx for sharing this!

Horg
02-04-2003, 08:31 AM
It's a classic that all Physics teacher know and tell their students to get them interested hehe
But it's a pretty good one if you ask me !

Feynman
02-04-2003, 04:57 PM
Yes. The only problem is that we more and more realize that the second law of thermodynamics is applicable only to a sub-set of physical mechanisms.

More recent theories, backed up by factual observations, tend to show that these laws might not be "universal" but rather applicable to precice contexts". Even in the thirties and twenties, many papers were written questionning the universality of the laws of thermodynamics.

New "overunity" experiments, i.e. devices that produce significantly more energy than you put into are coming up all over the place. The only problem is that nobody understands why they work, but word they do. Devices having outputs in the tens of kilowatts are operating. Enough to heat a few houses in the worst of canadian winters! It all started with cold fusion and the corrupted pseudo-disproving of Pons and Fleishmann experiment. Nowadays, overunity devices are using different setups and operating principles than the original Pons and Fleishmann electro-chemical setup are producing free energy all over the world. Yet, the science establishment denies all of that. The whole of the conventional energy industry is concurrently trying to discredit the research about it and independently research it on it's own.

The underground scientific community is well and extremely alive.

I suggest you visit http://www.infinite-energy.com/ .