I've heard it before and I dont know what it actually means. Can anyone tell me?
2006-09-29 03:47:39 · 11 answers · asked by Angel Eve 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
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.
So throught at least 5 people, you can be connected to Saddam hussein or Bill clinton or Jet li.
2006-09-29 03:49:45 · answer #1 · answered by Kid A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that each person in the world is only five relationships away from anyone else (making a total of six).
"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."-Wikipedia
2006-09-29 10:51:24 · answer #2 · answered by jla_lala 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
every person is seperated by someone by six degrees or 5 people which are related to or know that person.s 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.
2006-09-29 10:50:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a theory that everyone in the world is connected to everyone else by only 6 people....I coud see that here, but think of huge countries like China or India.....I am not sure I believe it. ABC has that show 6 degrees. There are some characters and it shows how some know each other and how their lives bump and mix and how they know the same people, but not each other.....
2006-09-29 10:52:07 · answer #4 · answered by Beth M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EVeryone is somehow related to each other via six friends..
You know your friend Sarah
who knows a guy called Paul in San Francisco
Who has a sister in London
Who knows a guy from poland
That used to date Paris Hilton
Type thing
2006-09-29 10:50:01 · answer #5 · answered by Ichi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the phrase means that any person can be connected to any other person in the world through no more than 5 acquaintances.
2006-09-29 10:54:15 · answer #6 · answered by Mariely A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone on Earth is connected to everyone else through each other. Seen the movie with Kevin Bacon???
2006-09-29 10:54:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that no matter who you run into you can link six people (person A to B, B to C....) and end up linking them to you. E.G. Bob knows Sue, Sue knows Joe, Joe knows Art, Art knows Leslie, Leslie knows Karin, Karin knows YOU.
2006-09-29 10:51:12 · answer #8 · answered by Akkakk the befuddled 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know my teacher.
My teacher knows the superintendent of the school district.
The superintendent knows the a govenor
The govenor's brother works in the white house with the epresident.
The presidet knows the president of another country.
That president knows Sudam Husane
2006-09-29 17:31:35 · answer #9 · answered by jazzyrhythms 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supposedly, it means that everyone is separated by six people, or 'six degrees of separation'....pretty much what everyone else said. :)
2006-09-29 10:51:06 · answer #10 · answered by Sam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋