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From: Elayne Coakes <coakese@WESTMINSTER.AC.UK> Date: March 23, 2005 12:34:28 PM EST To: SOCIOTECH@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: knowledge = power = no money! Reply-To: coakese@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 Rm MG01 +44(0)207 911 5000 x3338 --------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail and its attachments are intended for the above named only and may be confidential. If they have come to you in error you must not copy or show them to anyone, nor should you take any action based on them, other than to notify the error by replying to the sender.

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