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The less you know, the more you make: A Mathematical Proof
It's widely held that ignorance rises to the executive level, with a concurrent rise in pay; but, until now, we've had only adnecotal evidence of such. Well, finally, a formal proof is to be had.

1) Axiom - Knowledge is Power

2) Axiom - Time is Money

3) Power = Work / Time (Classical Physics)

4) Knowledge = Work / Money (substitution)

Therefore, Money = Work / Knowledge.

Thus, for any given amount of Work, Money approaches Infinity as Knowledge approaches Zero!
Posted: 02/24/2007 @ 05:28 PM (PST)  (edited 02/24/2007 @ 05:29 PM (PST))
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The less you know, the more you make: A Mathematical Proofdeepsand | 02/24/2007 @ 05:28 PM (PST)
Brilliant!Absolutely | 02/24/2007 @ 07:18 PM (PST)
High praise indeed.deepsand | 02/25/2007 @ 11:19 AM (PST)
Thank YouJacky Howe | 02/24/2007 @ 08:37 PM (PST)
That's true for far too many of us.deepsand | 02/25/2007 @ 11:22 AM (PST)
Hey Deepsand, I didn't know you were studying philosophyDeadly Ernest | 02/24/2007 @ 09:03 PM (PST)
And, if one re-orders the equation, so that ...deepsand | 02/25/2007 @ 11:29 AM (PST)
I like itTony Hopkinson | 02/25/2007 @ 04:05 AM (PST)
Well, in your case it may be deferred compensation, ...deepsand | 02/25/2007 @ 11:32 AM (PST)
You must have run into my bossjmgarvin | 02/25/2007 @ 11:41 AM (PST)
Yes, he does get around.deepsand | 02/25/2007 @ 01:46 PM (PST)
Reminds me of another observation:puppybreath | 02/25/2007 @ 01:38 PM (PST)
Makes sense to me.deepsand | 02/25/2007 @ 01:49 PM (PST)
The Glass Bead Game - Evolution is f'ckeddrowningnotwaving | 02/26/2007 @ 02:28 AM (PST)
An astute observation, with much empirical evidence to confirm it.deepsand | 02/28/2007 @ 07:31 PM (PST)
I would arguejdmercha | 02/26/2007 @ 07:34 AM (PST)
Oh if that were only truejmgarvin | 02/26/2007 @ 08:58 AM (PST)
But us IT folks are overworkedjdmercha | 02/26/2007 @ 01:11 PM (PST)
And we now know that it's not our fault.deepsand | 02/28/2007 @ 07:39 PM (PST)
Knowledge and Work are independent variables.deepsand | 02/28/2007 @ 07:35 PM (PST)
Late reply :Pmakkh@... | 06/25/2009 @ 09:27 PM (PDT)
WoWbrajaram@... | 03/02/2007 @ 01:38 AM (PST)
Just a bit of sleight of hand.deepsand | 03/03/2007 @ 07:58 PM (PST)
Clintonbreine@... | 03/02/2007 @ 07:19 AM (PST)
Close, but not quite.deepsand | 03/03/2007 @ 08:00 PM (PST)
I am vastly underpaidrgcok | 03/02/2007 @ 07:40 AM (PST)
interestingmodvan | 03/03/2007 @ 10:09 AM (PST)
What speel chekker?deepsand | 03/03/2007 @ 08:03 PM (PST)
Math minormazakmd@... | 03/02/2007 @ 02:00 PM (PST)
I must be brilliantmac0252 | 03/03/2007 @ 03:14 AM (PST)
This just proves that idiots are expensiveramacd@... | 03/03/2007 @ 07:38 AM (PST)
Revenue = Expensedeepsand | 03/03/2007 @ 08:05 PM (PST)
that's not really how a business worksLS71 | 03/03/2007 @ 09:55 AM (PST)
ImpressiveTony Hopkinson | 03/03/2007 @ 12:51 PM (PST)
Some bosses are more like a corrupted OS; ...deepsand | 03/03/2007 @ 08:11 PM (PST)
And the more that they do this theHAL 9000 | 03/04/2007 @ 02:40 AM (PST)
Well, there was more work done; ...deepsand | 03/04/2007 @ 10:38 AM (PST)
How TrueHAL 9000 | 03/04/2007 @ 10:41 PM (PST)

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