It should be a very simple calculation. A straight forward equation.
Achievement = Recognition
How many years was one spoken about? (Music: Waves by PEAKES)
How many years beyond living memory?
How long does it take to become a part of history?
To be studied alongside one's peers?
Number of publications in which one is mentioned?
Portraits painted? Statues erected?
Buildings named in honour?
Medals awarded? Honours bestowed?
Does one's likeness appear upon the coin of the realm?
(Laughs)
All quantifiable. Simple statistics. Crystallising into a single figure.
It's actually beautiful.
But why would the gender of the subject reduce the final value?
It seems mathematically insignificant...
Correlation is not necessarily causation, but...
More data. That's all there is to it.
I need more data.
(Music swells)
