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Dr. Schlambaugh, a senior lecturer at the Chemical
Engineering Department,University of Oklahoma, is known for posing questions on final exams like: "Why do airplanes fly?"
In May a few years ago, the "Momentum, Heat and Mass
Transfer " exam paper contained the question:
"Is heck exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with
proof."
Most students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's
Law or similar. One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we must postulate that if souls exist, they must have
some mass. If they do, then a mole of souls also must have a mass. So, at what rate are souls moving into heck and at what rate are souls leaving? I think we can safely assume that once a soul gets to heck, it does not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for souls entering heck, let's look at the different
religions that exist in the world today. Some religions say that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to heck. Since there are more than one of these religions, and people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and all souls go to heck. With the birth and death rates what they are, we can expect the number of souls in heck to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change in the volume of heck. Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in heck to stay the same, the ratio of the mass of the souls and volume needs to stay constant.
[Answer 1] So, if heck is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter heck, then the temperature in heck will increase until all heck breaks loose.
[Answer 2] Of course, if heck is expanding at a rate faster than the increase in souls in heck, then the temperature and pressure will drop until heck freezes over.
So which is it? If we accept the postulate (given to me by
Teresa Banyan during freshman year) that "It'll be a cold day in heck before I sleep with you", and taking into account that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then [Answer 2] cannot be correct;
...... thus, heck is exothermic.
The student got the only A.
Engineering Department,University of Oklahoma, is known for posing questions on final exams like: "Why do airplanes fly?"
In May a few years ago, the "Momentum, Heat and Mass
Transfer " exam paper contained the question:
"Is heck exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with
proof."
Most students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's
Law or similar. One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we must postulate that if souls exist, they must have
some mass. If they do, then a mole of souls also must have a mass. So, at what rate are souls moving into heck and at what rate are souls leaving? I think we can safely assume that once a soul gets to heck, it does not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for souls entering heck, let's look at the different
religions that exist in the world today. Some religions say that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to heck. Since there are more than one of these religions, and people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and all souls go to heck. With the birth and death rates what they are, we can expect the number of souls in heck to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change in the volume of heck. Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in heck to stay the same, the ratio of the mass of the souls and volume needs to stay constant.
[Answer 1] So, if heck is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter heck, then the temperature in heck will increase until all heck breaks loose.
[Answer 2] Of course, if heck is expanding at a rate faster than the increase in souls in heck, then the temperature and pressure will drop until heck freezes over.
So which is it? If we accept the postulate (given to me by
Teresa Banyan during freshman year) that "It'll be a cold day in heck before I sleep with you", and taking into account that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then [Answer 2] cannot be correct;
...... thus, heck is exothermic.
The student got the only A.
