You and a date are at a cocktail party. As you pluck a drink off a tray, you turn and almost run into actor Idris Elba of Luther fame. You discover after a short chat that he knows your date. You remark that it sure is a small world and that maybe that six degrees thing is true. In his interview with Dalton Conley, Duncan Watts confirms the work of Stanley Milgram, but also notes that the "six degrees" idea can apply to
a.) small groups.
b.) disjointed populations.
c.) nonhuman networks.
d.) families.
Answer: b.) disjointed populations.
FEEDBACK: Stanley Milgram developed the theory of six degrees of separation based on friends at a cocktail party. Duncan Watts later confirmed this idea, and found that while it's not true that everyone is connected to everyone else, at least half of the people in the world are connected to each other through six steps. In addition, Watts found that any node could reach any other node in a small number of steps in almost any type of large network.
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