Grumman’s Ratios
The Connotation/Denotation Ratio The greater this is for a poem, the more likely the poem is a good one.
The Security/Freedom Ratio The value of this pretty much defines a person’s politics.
The Familiarity/Unfamiliarity Ratio I take this to be the sole determinant of aesthetic pleasure, which is limited not to one end of the range of the ratio’s possible values, but to a short length somewhere between 100 and 200, my wild guess is
The Pleasure/Pain Ratio The maximization of this I consider the sole motive of human behavior.
The Credentials/Achievements Ratio A ratio, inversely proportionate to a given society’s cultural value, and directly proportionate to a person’s rewards from that society.