Microsoft study confirms 'Kevin Bacon' theory

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Turns out, it is a small world.

The "small world theory," embodied in the old saw that there are just "six degrees of separation" between any two strangers on Earth, has been largely corroborated by a massive study of electronic communication.

With records of 30 billion electronic conversations among 180 million people from around the world, researchers have concluded that any two people on average are distanced by just 6.6 degrees of separation, meaning that they could be linked by a string of seven or fewer acquaintances.


Full story at msnbc.com

[k0shyX]

That's so cool

Unless you're a hermit
Or a crab
Or a hermit crab

[ass007]

ROFL thats cool :P