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Okej, det är ingen länk. Och ja, den är nog gammal för en del. Själv läste jag den för flera år sedan, men snubblade över den igen i natt. Och jag skrattade gott igen.

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(The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term.)

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic
(absorbs heat)?

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 at
which they are leaving.  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 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 since people
generally do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that
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 of the volume in Hell because Boyle's
law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to
stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately 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 pressure in Hell will
      increase until all Hell breaks loose.
   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 Teresa
Morrison during my freshman year, that "...it will be a cold day 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 #2 cannot
be true.

Thus, Hell is exothermic and will not freeze.