The salary theorem

As any good student of Physics knows, power = work / time.


However, let us consider the following two sayings:

- Knowledge is power.
- Time is money.

Therefore, if we substitute knowledge for power and money for time in the equation, we get something that looks like the following:

knowledge = work / money.

However, rearranging for money, we find that:

money = work / knowledge

Therefore, as knowledge approaches zero, money approaches infinity, regardless of the amount of work done
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