Time is money, knowledge is power.

[cmb]

You may've heard this one before:

1. Time is money
2. Knowledge is power
3. Power = Work/time

Therefore;

Money = work/knowledge

which proves the less you know, the more money you get.


I was thinking about this when someone mentioned the 'pressure of time' preventing them from making progress, and I came up with this dimensional analysis. (perhaps it is not quite as amusing, though?);

1. Pressure of time = s/m^2
2. How fast life goes by = m/s

(pressure of time) x (how fast life goes by) = 1/m

This implies you don't get far when the pressure of time is high, and when life goes by too fast.

 

[Evo]

This makes no sense.

 

[Krunchyman]

Knowledge doesn't just "convert" into power. Francis Bacon was speaking metaphorically when he said that. Time, money and knowledge are abstract concepts while power and work are physics concepts.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

2. How fast life goes by = m/s.

That should be s/s

 

[zoobyshoe]

Knowledge doesn't just "convert" into power. Francis Bacon was speaking metaphorically when he said that. Time, money and knowledge are abstract concepts while power and work are physics concepts.

bleh = meh/blah

 

[256bits]

This makes no sense.

and that makes sense

Then That/this is undefined

 

[Evo]

bleh = meh/blah

Now THAT I can understand.

 

[Borg]

 

[Insanity]

You may've heard this one before:

1. Time is money
2. Knowledge is power
3. Power = Work/time

Therefore;

Money = work/knowledge

which proves the less you know, the more money you get.


I was thinking about this when someone mentioned the 'pressure of time' preventing them from making progress, and I came up with this dimensional analysis. (perhaps it is not quite as amusing, though?);

1. Pressure of time = s/m^2
2. How fast life goes by = m/s

(pressure of time) x (how fast life goes by) = 1/m

This implies you don't get far when the pressure of time is high, and when life goes by too fast.

Applied knowledge is power, knowledge alone is worthless.
Either the less you know or the more you work, by the equation, the more money you get, no? There are a fair amount of people who are quite successful financially who never went to college or some cases finished high school...but they worked their asses off.

 

[cmb]

Gee, you guys?!

OK, I'll make sure I take humour much more seriously in future!

 

[Pengwuino]

You may've heard this one before:

1. Time is money
2. Knowledge is power
3. Power = Work/time

Therefore;

Money = work/knowledge

which proves the less you know, the more money you get.

I would get this published. It's possibly the smartest thing anyone has ever said. It should be plastered on every business school front entrance. This must be to first order, though, since I see no contributions from being a politician.

 

[AlephZero]

This must be to first order, though, since I see no contributions from being a politician.

Politicians are special case, because 0/0 is undefined.

 

[PAllen]

I would get this published. It's possibly the smartest thing anyone has ever said. It should be plastered on every business school front entrance. This must be to first order, though, since I see no contributions from being a politician.

It is, as CMB noted, well known. I can't remember how many years ago I first saw the OP derivation. I still like it!

 

[phinds]

Gee, you guys?!

OK, I'll make sure I take humour much more seriously in future!

I have to agree w/ you ... seems like the responses just went off the rails