Rafael Copquin wrote:
> I got this in Spanish and thought it was of interest to most members of
> this list, so I translated it.
>
> Quote
>
> This is a very complicated thermodynamics problem:
>
> The following question was made in a quarterly chemistry exam at the
> Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) :
>
> The answer given by one of the students was so "deep" that the teacher
> wanted to share it with his colleagues, via the Internet, and here it is
> for all to enjoy:
>
>
> Question: is Hell exothermic (loosing heat) or endothermic (absorbing
> heat) ?
>
>
> Most students wrote their comments based on Boyle's Law (a gas gets
> colder as it expands and hotter as it is compressed)
>
>
> One student, however , wrote the following:
>
>
> In the first place we need to know by what measure the total mass of
> Hell varies with time. In order to do that we have to know the rhythm at
> which souls enter Hell and the rhythm at which they leave it. I
> understand, however, that once inside Hell, souls never leave it.
> Therefore, nothing goes out. As for the souls that enter it, let us see
> what the different religions have to say: most of them declare that if
> you do not belong to them you will go to Hell. Given that there is more
> than one religion that asserts this and given that people do not belong
> to more than one, we may conclude that all souls go to Hell. With the
> present rates of births and deaths, we can deduce that the number of
> souls in Hell grows exponentially. Let us consider now how the volume of
> Hell varies: according to Boyle's Law in order for the temperature and
> pressure in Hell remain stable, the volume should expand in proportion
> to the number of souls entering it.
>
> Therefore there are two possibilities:
>
> 1. If Hell expands at a speed less than the speed of entry of souls, the
> temperature and pressure inside Hell will increase until it disintegrates.
>
> 2. If Hell expands at a speed greater than the speed of entry of souls,
> the temperature and pressure will decrease until Hell freezes.
>
> Which is the true possibility?
>
> If we accept what Anna told me in my first year in college ("Hell will
> freeze before I go to bed with you") and considering that I went to bed
> with her last night, possibility number 2 is the true one. Consequently
> we will accept as true that Hell is exothermic and that it is already
> frozen. The corolary of this theory is, since Hell is already frozen, it
> does not accept any more souls and, consequently it is extinguished,
> leaving Heaven as the only proof of the existence of a Divine Being,
> which explains why, last night, Anne could not stop shouting "Oh my God!"
>
>
> Unquote
>
>
> That student was the only one to get an A
Hi Rafael,
The student did mess up on one detail. Souls are not material and
therefore have no spacial requirement. How many angels can dance on the
head of a pin? All that there are, none of them take up any space. Thus
adding souls, even all the souls that there are, would have no effect.
--
Regards,
Pete
http://pete-theisen.com/
http://elect-pete-theisen.com/
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