[Air-l] Fwd: knowledge = power = no money!

[jeremy hunsinger]

a bit of humor

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> From: Elayne Coakes <coakese at WESTMINSTER.AC.UK>
> Date: March 23, 2005 12:34:28 PM EST
> To: SOCIOTECH at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: knowledge = power = no money!
> Reply-To: coakese at WESTMINSTER.AC.UK
>
> Dilbert's "Salary Theorem" states that "Engineers and scientists can 
> never earn
> as much 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 knows:
> Power = Work / Time
>
> Since Knowledge = Power
> And Time = Money
> Then Knowledge = Work / Money
>
> Solving for Money, we get:
> Money = Work / 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.
>
> Elayne Coakes (Dr)
> Senior Lecturer in Business Information Management
> Westminster Business School
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Jeremy Hunsinger
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
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