-----I hope you all can appreciate this as I do It's true but I can't follow the math. > > >Subject: Salary Theorem-A rebel's view. > >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 > and since: Knowledge = Power > and Time = Money > it is therefore true that > Knowledge = Work / Money > Solving this equation 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. > >