From: Cathie Lee <clee@math.ucla.edu>
Message-Id: <9610041850.AA14985@carson.math.ucla.edu>
Subject: Fwd:New Math
To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu (socgrad)
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 11:50:58 -0700 (PDT)
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           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.