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I mean, some groups of people on earth are uncontactable or their existence is unknown (see Sentinelese, people in the Amazon). So you have to make a compromise
by alextgordon 11y ago
I mean, some groups of people on earth are uncontactable or their existence is unknown (see Sentinelese, people in the Amazon). So you have to make a compromise at some point. The choice of percentile is somewhat arbitrary.
- wallacoloo 11y agoAlternatively, you could limit your population of interest to the largest group of people that can all find a route to each other. In practice, this just boils down to excluding "uncontacted/unknown" peoples. It's a bit different than choosing a percentile to target, and also a bit less arbitrary, in my opinion. If they're going to be referencing the six degrees of separation theory, what they should really be doing is making the same assumptions that were used in that theory (whatever those were).