shyam shyam sent me this e-mail about hell.....
Shehal shehal,
thought u would enjoy this :)
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well :
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 when it expands and heats 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 at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are 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 how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell.
Since there is more than one of these religions and since people 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 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 slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has Already frozen over.
The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...... leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."
THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A".
and this was my reply
let me expand the topic to "hell freezing over"
assuming that souls are matter and that they are made of inert gases like helium or something that follows ideal gas laws such as boyle's law...
for hell to freeze over... hell must reach freezing point which is unknown... assuming that its the simplest inert gas form helium which is 1K (-272°C)... something close to absolute zero (0K or -273°C)... (regardless of pressure) and for this to happen hell must dissipate heat OR it must expand infinitely converting all its internal energy to entropy... so hell reaches a universal iso-thermal... in
that case heaven cannot exist... because hell would occupy the entire universe...
OR hell can freeze over by transferring heat to heaven!!! and for that to happen... heaven must have an infinitely large heat capacity than hell.... and heaven must also be frozen... or else it wont work...
IF hell is in our universe... it cannot freeze over because the universe has a temperature of 2.7K... so thats bad luck then... we'll have to hope that there is no hell in this universe... and that its in another "cooler" universe ;)
there is another theory... but you can't apply ideal gas laws like boyle's law... in that... hell is like earth... a water planet... it has no means of generating energy internally... yeah power cuts in hell... and no oil... and nothing to set fire to... there only molten lava or whatever... so hell will be exothermic... and space has a
temperature of 2.7K... so hell can freeze over eventually... because water freezes at 273K (at 1 bar pressure)
hey would you mind if i put this in my blog??
and shyam shyam replies
You remember that email that u sent me about hell?
check out shehal's reply to it.
hmmm i often wonder whether i will have to bring him down from a tree