Knowledge and Power
Mike Cole (mcole who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu)
Tue, 3 Nov 1998 09:22:11 -0800 (PST)
This was passed along to me by my son. Seemed to resonate.
mike
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>Dilbert's Theorem on Salary states that engineers and
>> scientists can never earn as much salary as business
>> executives and sales people. This theorem can now be
>> supported by a mathematical equation based on the following
>> two postulates:
>> >
>> > Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power.
>> > Postulate 2: Time is Money.
>> >
>> > As every engineer know this law of physics:
>> >
>> > Work
>> > Power = -------
>> > Time
>> >
>> > Since Knowledge = Power, and Time = Money, we have:
>> >
>> > Work
>> > Knowledge = --------
>> > Money
>> >
>> > Solving for Money, we get:
>> >
>> > Work
>> > Money = -------------
>> > Knowledge
>> >
>> Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches
>> infinity regardless of the amount of Work done. Conclusion:
>> The Less you Know, the More you Make.
>
>now you know why..........
>
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