Musings of a Compulsive Thinker

Salary Theorem: The less you know, the more you make

I don't remember where I found this, but it makes perfect sense. Proof:

Given:
(1) Knowledge is Power.
(2) Time is Money.
(3) Power = Work / Time (as every engineer knows).

Let's do the math. We can combine (1), (2), and (3) as follows:
Knowledge = Power = Work / Time = Work / (Money). Therefore,
(4) Knowledge = Work / Money.

Solving (4) for Money, we get
(5) Money = Work / Knowledge.

Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinity, regardless of Work.

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Labels: engineering, everyday, philosophy, science

posted by the alygator @ 4:14 PM