Statistics

After applying some simple algebra to some trite phrases and cliches a new understanding can be reached of the secret to wealth and success.

Here it goes.
• Knowledge is Power
• Time is Money and as every engineer knows,
• Power is Work over Time.

So, substituting algebraic equations for these time worn bits of wisdom, we get:
• K = P (1)
• T = M (2)
• P = W/T (3)

Now, do a few simple substitutions:
• Put W/T in for P in equation (1), which yields:
• K = W/T (4)

Put M in for T into equation (4), which yields:
• K = W/M (5).

Now we've got something. Expanding back into English, we get:
• Knowledge equals Work over Money.

What this MEANS is that:
• 1. The More You Know, the More Work You Do, and
• 2. The More You Know, the Less Money You Make.

Solving for Money, we get:
• M = W/K (6)
• Money equals Work Over Knowledge.

From equation (6) we see that Money approaches infinity as Knowledge approaches 0, regardless of the Work done.

What THIS MEANS is:
• The More you Make, the Less you Know.

Solving for Work, we get
• W = M K (7)
• Work equals Money times Knowledge

From equation (7) we see that Work approaches 0 as Knowledge approaches 0.

What THIS MEANS is:
• The stupid rich do little or no work.

Working out the socioeconomic implications of this breakthrough is left as an exercise for the reader.

*Borrowed