A thermodynamics professor had written a take home exam for
his graduate students. It had one question "Is hell exothermic
or endothermic? Support your answer with a proof."
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using
Boyle's Law or some variant. One student, however 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 to
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.
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