[NPInfo] FW: HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT

[kg6kids at aol.com]

loved this.

by the way, for all on list:

I have a 20-year old, pre-med son/student (who also appreciated this story below) who recently blew out his L4-5 lumbar disc playing?basketball.???? Had his first epidural steroid injection with equivocal results thus far, and is asking me (an orthopaedic nurse practitioner with LOTS of experience with spine, but very few patients his age with this problem) what his prognosis is.??? How many of you have treated kids his age with this problem, and what have you seen in the long run?? how many go on to resolution? how many need surgery?? any suggestions?? he's also in PT and on pretty useful?drugs.

Kathy Geier?


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Sent: Sat, 10 May 2008 10:00 am
Subject: [NPInfo] FW: HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT



 

 

Subject: HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT 

 

  The following is an actual question given on a  

Louisiana State University chemistry mid-term.  

The answer by one student was so 'profound' that 

 the professor shared it with colle agues, 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 va riant.  

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 l eaving. 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 ex pand 

 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 AN A+.  

  

  

  

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