The Salary Theorem

Written by Nickel - 3 Comments

Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power.
Postulate 2: Time is Money.
As anyone who has had a physics class knows: Power = Work / Time.
And since Knowledge = Power (Postulate 1) and Time = Money (Postulate 2)…
It is therefore true that: 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.

Published on June 12th, 2005 - 3 Comments
Filed under: Humor, Working
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Comments (scroll down to add your own):

That theorem holds true in my office up to the Associate VP level. Only smart people tend to break though to VP level, so maybe there’s another theorem that takes that into account. :>
Comment by Flexo — Jun 13th 2005 @ 1:41 pm
Haha, nice theorum. Too bad, in your sparkle of brilliance, you have assured yourself a life of poverty.
Comment by jim — Jun 13th 2005 @ 8:45 pm
I like it. So what you’re saying is that the less we learn, the more we earn? (No rhyme intended.)

Sometimes it seems like the only thing you really need to know is how to convince people to give you money. Anything beyond that is, well, just fluff…
Comment by dave — Sep 8th 2005 @ 10:27 pm