silliness

[georion23]

found a forward i actually liked.

The following was an actual question given on a University of Washington
mid-term chemistry exam. The answer by one student to the bonus question
was so "profound" that the professor shared it with his colleagues via the
internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it.

BONUS QUESTION: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic
(absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote poofs 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 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 believe in 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 proportionatley as
souls are added. This gives 2 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 faster rate then 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 Susan
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 2 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 and thereby proving the existence of
a divine being which explains why last night Susan kept shouting "Oh my
God".

This student received the only "A".