Is Hell Exothermic or Endothermic?

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Even though it’s not true, I do think it’s a hilarious proof about Hell:

A thermodynamics professor had written a take home exam for his graduate students. It had one question: “Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with a proof.  This is what one kid wrote:

If souls exist, then they must have some mass, and we can assume that once a soul gets to hell, it will not leave. Looking at the different religions in the world today, some of them 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, 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 increases exponentially.

Now, consider the rate of change in volume in hell. Boyle’s Law states that for the temperature and pressure in hell to stay the same, the ratio of the mass of souls and volume needs to stay constant.

So, 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.  But 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 by Ms.Therese Banyan during my freshman year, “That it will be a cold night in hell before I go out with you,” and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having a relationship with her, the second case cannot be true. Therefore, hell is exothermic.

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