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THERMODYNAMICS OF HELL
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 don't 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.
(It was not
revealed what grade the student got.)
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