On the page dedicated to specific influences, how should I interpret the varying number of bananas on the plate of each scale?
The more there are bananas on the scale, the greater is the weight of the specific influence under examination. If the book was somehow present in a specific famous person’s library (or perhaps the family library), but we either strongly doubt or are simply not sure that they actually read it, you will notice one banana on the scale. This is the weakest possible influence we even attempt to monitor. If a famous person read a specific book, without necessarily having loved or been influenced by it, you will notice two bananas on the scale. If a famous person very closely read, studied, or perhaps even memorized a specific book (perhaps under the obligation of, say, the high-school curriculum), you will notice four bananas on the scale. If we have evidence that a famous person considered a specific book as a favourite (either throughout their life or for a good part of it), you will notice about eight bananas on the scale. If we have evidence that a famous person was influenced by a spec
