This is refreshingly concise and funny. Not to mention ballsy, what if the Prof. lacks all traces of humor?
Of course it may offend the anal types (ie. religious freaks) but I will take that risk.
Here it is, speaks for itself:

Subject: Hell.............


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
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 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"

That is hilariously FUNNY!!! Thanks for the post!

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Good answer, that student had guts.

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