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It's actually not Kevin Bacon but rather every single human is connected by 6 degrees of separation or less. Although the idea sounds crazy, it might make sens
by pfarnsworth 10y ago
It's actually not Kevin Bacon but rather every single human is connected by 6 degrees of separation or less. Although the idea sounds crazy, it might make sense. I'm 3 degrees away from Obama, which means everyone I know is at most 4 degrees away from him, etc.
- aji 10y agoI guess now I'm 4 degrees away, since I can just send you a message if I need help delivering something to Obama!
- j2kun 10y agoIIRC the average is close to 6, the max is actually more like 12.
- carl_corder 10y agoAnother interesting and related topic are Ramsey numbers. R(3,3)=6 which means: "In any party of six people either at least three of them are (pairwise) mutual strangers or at least three of them are (pairwise) mutual acquaintances" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theorem_on_friends_and_strangers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theorem_on_friends_and_strange...
- drjesusphd 10y agoThis sounds like a tautology. What am I missing?