Today's Random Thought...Pancakes VS Waffles

I often wonder, and so I thought I'd put this on the internet for my dear friends and followers to ponder as well, why it is that one can make both pancakes and waffles from the SAME mix and somehow, two things happen.
1. They taste different and
2. Waffles are SO much better!
Maybe someone out in cyberspace can answer these very important questions for me.