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May not answer your question, but it has to do with heat. 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 He77 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). One student wrote the following answer: First, we need to know how the mass of He77 is changing in time. So we need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to He77, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering He77, 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 He77. Since there are 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 He77. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in He77 to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in He77 because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in He77 to stay the same, the volume of He77 has to expand proportionately as souls are added. This gives two possibilities: 1. If He77 is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter He77, then the temperature and pressure in He77 will increase until all He77 breaks loose. 2. If He77 is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in He77, then the temperature and pressure will drop until He77 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 He77 before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having $exual relations with her, then #2 cannot be true, and thus I am sure that He77 is exothermic and will not freeze. The student received the only "A" given.
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