A thermodynamics professor had only one question on his final examination for his students.
Is Hell Endothermic or Exothermic? Support your answer with a proof.
For non-science peoples, endothermic is when something generates heat and exothermic is when something releases heat.
Most of the students followed the thoughts of well known experts in this field. One student, however, wrote the following.
First, we postulate that if souls exist, they must have some mass. If that is a truth, then a mole of souls also has a mass. So at what rate are souls moving into Hell, and at what rate are souls leaving Hell. I believe it is safe to assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it is not leaving. Therefore, no souls are leaving.As for souls entering, let us consider the different religions today.
Some of these religions state that if you are not of their religion, you will go to Hell.Since there are many of these religions, and no one person is a member of more than one religion, we can safely assume all souls go to Hell.With birth and death rates as they are today, we can expect the population of Hell to increase exponentially.
Now we look at the rate of change in volume of Hell. Boyle's law states that in order for the temperature and pressure to stay the same, the ratio of the mass and the volume need to remain the same.
Possible #1 - If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls are entering, Then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
Possible #2 - If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the rate af entering souls, the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is the answer? If we take into account the statement given to me by Jennifer Smith during freshman year, as well as the fact that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then #2 can not be true, and Hell is exothermic.
This student recieved an A.