Oct 24
I had this emailed to me a very long time ago… one of those extremely rare and fortuitous forwards and it’s an absolutely brilliant piece! I am pretty sure most of you will have read it too… however for the sake of posterity, i would like to include it here on this blog as one of the funniest, most intelligent things i have had the pleasure to have read in a very long time 
Enjoy…
The following is supposedly 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 most people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that almost 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 2 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”!
i would have given him an A++ !!
Jai Gurudeva!
love
bawa
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whoever this guy is, he is absolutely whacky and has a weird and tangy sense of humor…. loved…totally,…first time saw the laws of physics used in this particular way. the fact that all go hell makes me think on many things. Where do you find such stuff Bau…. its awesome. Glad to read the blog after days of not being on the net.
Bawa, I am in such a state of wow..
Now words, I guess words are beautiful, they can be twisted and turned and used the way we want to and its amazing.
and surprisingly there are infinite such “theories” waiting to be explored and laughed with and enjoyed
Jai jai Gurudeva
Love
Your bhawa
oops bau forgot to mention, (remind myself)
YOU RULEEEEEEEEEEEEE
What the hell!
This is absolutely amazing!
amazing logic hahaha
I wonder how SriSri creates situations to prove only one’s(His)existence.
Jai Gurudeva[;)]:)
ROTFL!!
Brilliant! Esp. the lines about Teresa! HEHE…
Reminded of another mail on similar lines which was a dialogue between a college student and prof in on the existence of God.
Hell and heaven are not someplace else. They are right here, created by our own choices and unaware mind, IMHO.
this was supaa hell explanation..
lol
oops i shud hav said heavenly explanation ..
i guess tats fine wth uu
very very funny.
Simply brilliant!!
Yup.. Great one.. hehe..
uffffffffffffffffff
That student must be a genius!!… Too good!… JGD!
This guy is worth paying to re-write entire laws of thermodynamics and actually study them too!!!
rofl =))
Never knew dat by studying ‘d not so interesting chemistry’ ,one cud arrive on d conclusion dat everybody is a divine being ..! Lol
Too good .. lol .. JGD!
Read it before .. but a pleasure to read it again ..
AWESOME!!!thatboy must given a lot of work to his brains…..
funny one….
JGD!
dear bau…
JGD…pleeeease start posting as often as u used to… !! and please post sumthing abt the significance of diwali…like you explained stuff abt parsi new year, ganesh chaturthi and Navratri….i’m sure you have an interesting story for us abt diwali
Love,
Sandhiya
hehe…Brilliant one…seriously…too good…
wat a “profound” answer indeed…
Love
P.S. missed you in Anantarang in Dombivali Bau….
fir gayab….ok..Latest updates from my side…I have switched to mozilla firefox…next yes+ in Amritsar from 5th November n I met Muskan di today. Grooming session starting in Amritsar in a short while(hopefully in coming 2 weeks). Do write in soon. Waiting…
Jai Gurudeva:)
hahahhahahahahhahahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahhahahhahahhahahhahahaaaaa……:D
) =))
This dude rocks!
Waiting for your “Deepavali special” blog…
hahahaha!!!
physics fun-days!! hahaha!
Bau !!!Dat was hilarious…ha ha ha
Read it the 5th time and Now I laughed Out Loud .
Jgd
Ohh My God!!! He would not go to “Hell” for sure.. You Rock.. JGD
Very witty…and lots of learning in it for us…loved it!
Cooollll !!
Science has proved a no-jell only heaven situation !!
this is fantastic…. man… never ever heard about this explanintion.. before … u rock bau.. jgd
Good One Bawa…
…..hmmm…Chemistry….and hell and all the logical thinking…leading in to u a joke…good one 
Hasta la vista baby
this one is really cool Bau,
how on earth r people born with such intelligence ?????
chemistry and hell….were alwyz same fr me…\\
nd may be fr ths guy 2…
ultimate interpretation..
jgd
Superb !! “Funny & philosophical at the same point. Since religions state that those not their members will go to hell that means everybody is going to hell ………” This should provoke some thought amongst fanatics of all hues.
Very nice joke…..The guy must go to writing a book….totally creative and no law of THERMO-DYNAMICS is voilated
jai gurudev
I really,sincerely wish we had questions like this in our exam..
Our prof. lack both creativity & sense of humour.