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#3 - Hell's bells!
Dec. 23rd, 2006 08:00 pmHaha. Let us ignore the emo, self-absorbed, artificially flavored existence of the previous entry. Let us instead amuse the science geek in ourselves, however small it may be, with this anecdote.
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This was an actual question given on a university chemistry exam:
"Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with proof."
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up 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 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 the religions state that if you are not a part of their religion, you are going 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 people and all souls will 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 volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for temperature and the pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and the pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. 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. Tracey Nicholson - "that it will be a cold night in Hell before I sleep with you" - and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in that area, then number 2 cannot be true, and thus Hell is exothermic."
This student got the only A.
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If I can keep up this hairstyle, I think I oughta cosplay as Rukia Kuchiki for ACEN this year in addition to Jinx. I could just buy her costume - I bet there's tons of stuff on eBay. Which reminds me that I have to sign up for a PayPal account soon so I can start selling my arts.
-Reileen
heaven's a lie
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This was an actual question given on a university chemistry exam:
"Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with proof."
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up 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 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 the religions state that if you are not a part of their religion, you are going 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 people and all souls will 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 volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for temperature and the pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and the pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. 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. Tracey Nicholson - "that it will be a cold night in Hell before I sleep with you" - and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in that area, then number 2 cannot be true, and thus Hell is exothermic."
This student got the only A.
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If I can keep up this hairstyle, I think I oughta cosplay as Rukia Kuchiki for ACEN this year in addition to Jinx. I could just buy her costume - I bet there's tons of stuff on eBay. Which reminds me that I have to sign up for a PayPal account soon so I can start selling my arts.
-Reileen
heaven's a lie
