2006-09-06 06:59:58 · 22 answers · asked by gooterscooby 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I believe we are.. at least I'd certainly like to believe that we are.
I'm not sure when this logic was actually created, however, the possibility remains that it may be more than that as the population is growing larger. This can then be cancelled out by the fact that we can communicate much easier through internet and email.
If this was the million dollar question... I would say... Yes.
2006-09-06 07:02:52 · answer #1 · answered by Miss Jose 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Six degrees of separation is the hypothesis that anyone on Earth can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances with no more than five intermediaries.
The hypothesis was first proposed in 1929 by the Hungarian writer Karinthy Frigyes in a short story called Chains. The concept is based on the idea that the number of acquaintances grows exponentially with the number of links in the chain, and so only a small number of links is required for the set of acquaintances to become the whole human population.
By extension, the same term is often used to describe any other setting in which some form of link exists between individual entities in a large set. For example, "see also" links in a dictionary entry may point the reader to other entries in the same dictionary; after following only six such links, the reader could potentially get to any word in the dictionary that has a link to it. In this special case of a dictionary, it is sometimes called the six links rule.
2006-09-06 14:02:22 · answer #2 · answered by Smokey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How many degrees were the Three Degrees separated by?
2006-09-06 14:01:28 · answer #3 · answered by bonzo the tap dancing chimp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aren't we separated by one degree? I mean, doesn't meeting here and writing directly to each other count as one single degree?
2006-09-06 14:02:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you are asking about the Kevin Bacon thing......I've seen much closer thatn six degrees between threm.
2006-09-06 14:02:58 · answer #5 · answered by Laura 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only six? Wow, I thought we were separated by 42. Wow, i need to stop reading the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy over and over.
2006-09-06 14:02:32 · answer #6 · answered by chris 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe 6-10 degree's
2006-09-06 14:01:12 · answer #7 · answered by NNY 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4 Degrees now...4 degrees warmer.
2006-09-06 14:00:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have found this to be true! Even less at times I come from a large gregarious family!
2006-09-06 14:03:54 · answer #9 · answered by Star of Florida 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After reading some of the questions and answers here your question makes me a little nervous.
2006-09-06 14:02:30 · answer #10 · answered by Spud55 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋