Comments on: WE are the World :: Six Degrees of Separation http://philladden.com/2008/08/08/we-are-the-world-six-degrees-of-separation/ Life ... Arizona Style Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:19:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Julie http://philladden.com/2008/08/08/we-are-the-world-six-degrees-of-separation/comment-page-1/#comment-484 Julie Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:31:28 +0000 http://philladden.com/254/we-are-the-world-six-degrees-of-separation/#comment-484 KEVIN BACON!!! I love that! :) It is a freakishly small world. With regard to physical relation, many of your distant cousins are walking around right in front of you! I remember attending a family reunion of just one branch of one of my 4 grandparents. Well, all these cousins that I have never seen before, came out of the woodwork, some possessing the strong features that often persist down the family line. I thought, if I had run into this person in a store, even seeing that they resembled me in a fashion, I would not assume they were "related". I have cousins/relatives (that I know of, though most I personally do not know) in the USA, England, Ireland, Spain, Australia, Cuba, Panama, probably Italy and Scotland. These are just the ones I have an inkling about, so there are probably many in areas I know nothing of. KEVIN BACON!!! I love that! :)

It is a freakishly small world.

With regard to physical relation, many of your distant cousins are walking around right in front of you! I remember attending a family reunion of just one branch of one of my 4 grandparents. Well, all these cousins that I have never seen before, came out of the woodwork, some possessing the strong features that often persist down the family line. I thought, if I had run into this person in a store, even seeing that they resembled me in a fashion, I would not assume they were “related”.

I have cousins/relatives (that I know of, though most I personally do not know) in the USA, England, Ireland, Spain, Australia, Cuba, Panama, probably Italy and Scotland. These are just the ones I have an inkling about, so there are probably many in areas I know nothing of.

]]> By: Phil http://philladden.com/2008/08/08/we-are-the-world-six-degrees-of-separation/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Phil Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:37:48 +0000 http://philladden.com/254/we-are-the-world-six-degrees-of-separation/#comment-461 Lisa -- It is very easy and I am surprised you would be confused about this. The confusion comes in of being zero degrees because that would be relative to WHERE you met him, if you met him. Let me simplify this with a If/then -- IF you met him in Minnisoooooohta, THEN it would be ZERO degrees. Maybe even BELOW zero. :) I did a **google** search about it and there have been quite a number of experiments. I wonder if knowing specific info on the "unknown" other person skews anything. For example, if I knew that the person I was "connecting" with was in china, I would have a head start as I know someone living there. (so do you -- Doug.) I think what was so impressive about the Microsoft study, is it analyzed tremendous amount of information using text messages and the analysis did indeed show that mathematically or maybe statistically (remember, I was an English major with very little math :) ) we are just under 7 people away from each other. Lisa — It is very easy and I am surprised you would be confused about this. The confusion comes in of being zero degrees because that would be relative to WHERE you met him, if you met him. Let me simplify this with a If/then — IF you met him in Minnisoooooohta, THEN it would be ZERO degrees. Maybe even BELOW zero. :)

I did a **google** search about it and there have been quite a number of experiments. I wonder if knowing specific info on the “unknown” other person skews anything. For example, if I knew that the person I was “connecting” with was in china, I would have a head start as I know someone living there. (so do you — Doug.)

I think what was so impressive about the Microsoft study, is it analyzed tremendous amount of information using text messages and the analysis did indeed show that mathematically or maybe statistically (remember, I was an English major with very little math :) ) we are just under 7 people away from each other.

]]> By: Lisa http://philladden.com/2008/08/08/we-are-the-world-six-degrees-of-separation/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Lisa Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:39:06 +0000 http://philladden.com/254/we-are-the-world-six-degrees-of-separation/#comment-459 Looking back on my post...correct me if I'm wrong, but I THINK I'm one degree of Kevin Bacon...if I had actually met him would't I be zero degrees? (Unless zero degrees means I AM Kevin Bacon?) If not, then I guess I'm two degrees and you're three..but who's counting? Looking back on my post…correct me if I’m wrong, but I THINK I’m one degree of Kevin Bacon…if I had actually met him would’t I be zero degrees? (Unless zero degrees means I AM Kevin Bacon?) If not, then I guess I’m two degrees and you’re three..but who’s counting?

]]> By: Lisa http://philladden.com/2008/08/08/we-are-the-world-six-degrees-of-separation/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Lisa Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:36:25 +0000 http://philladden.com/254/we-are-the-world-six-degrees-of-separation/#comment-458 I'm not sure if it's an urban legend or not, but I rember hearing about was some kind of email experiment where they picked two random people...let's say Phoenix Phil and Billy Bob in Podunk, Arkansas. You (Phoenix Phil) don't know this guy from Adam, but you email someone who you think might. So you email your uncle Joe in Louisiana. Joe emails his army buddy in Little Rock, and so on and they say they were able to connect random person A to random person B within six people on average. Also, for the record...I am ONE degree of Kevin Bacon. I was at a conference wtih a lady who met him. So now you, knoiwng me, can say you are TWO degrees of Kevin Bacon!! Now I KNOW that made your day :) I’m not sure if it’s an urban legend or not, but I rember hearing about was some kind of email experiment where they picked two random people…let’s say Phoenix Phil and Billy Bob in Podunk, Arkansas. You (Phoenix Phil) don’t know this guy from Adam, but you email someone who you think might. So you email your uncle Joe in Louisiana. Joe emails his army buddy in Little Rock, and so on and they say they were able to connect random person A to random person B within six people on average.

Also, for the record…I am ONE degree of Kevin Bacon. I was at a conference wtih a lady who met him. So now you, knoiwng me, can say you are TWO degrees of Kevin Bacon!! Now I KNOW that made your day :)

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