>The following goes to show you can answer just about any question
if
>you are creative enough.
>
> The following is one of Dr. Schalmbaugh's Final Test questions for
>May 1997. (Dr. Schalmbaugh, University of Oklahoma School of
Chemical
>Engineering, is known for asking questions such as this on his
final exams.)
>================
>
> May 1997, Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer II Final Exam Question:
>
> "Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with
truth."
>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 and volume needs to stay
constant.
>
> Case 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.
>
> Case 2: 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
>Theresa Banyan during my freshman year, "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 having sexual relations with her, then case 2
cannot be
>true.
>
> Thus, hell is exothermic.
>
> The student, Tim Graham, got the only A.
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