> an influential 2005 paper in ,, positive psychology.. by #BarbaraFredrickson and #MarcialLosada.. had been cited some 350 times.. define[d] the.. ratio of positive to negative emotions necessary for human flourishing (2.9013 to one,..).. graduate student, #NickBrown, discovered that the equations in the paper derived from the highly unrelated field of fluid dynamics, and were.. meaningless as applied to psychology... Brown’s most outspoken champion, and co-author, was #AlanSokal.