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- CommentAuthorgalilee12
- CommentTimeMay 16th 2007
OK... I really don't understantd what is meant by: Social scientists have estimated that anyone who has lived in the U.S. for more than 20 years is separated from Abraham Lincoln by no more than 7 degrees. The average separation will increase by one degree in approximately 14 years.
Can someone clear this up?
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CommentAuthorFact totum
- CommentTimeMay 16th 2007
It's related to that "6 degrees of separation" theory. That one states that any person on the planet can be connected to any other person on the planet through no more than 6 people. So you were friends with John Doe in 2nd grade (1 degree) who went on to Hign School with Jane Roe (2nd degree) who took a course in college with a Professor Poe (3rd degree) who lived with the aborigines in Australia where he became acquainted with Chief Coe (4th degree) who has a woman in his group named Ms Moe (5th degree) who has a cousin who lives at Ayres Rock named Pete. (6th degree).
For Lincoln, I know my father (1 degree) who worked for a guy (2nd degree) a while ago who had been in the State Department. He had met FDR (3rd degree) who can be traced back to Lincoln in many ways through 3 people. So I am 6 degrees from Lincoln.
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CommentAuthorHaoest
- CommentTimeMay 17th 2007
Good theory.
I have a small friend list on facebook, but if my friendships (not that I know what it means) were to mapped as a graph, where the people of the 1st degree from me are all my friends, and the 2nd degree from me are all my friends plus all their friends, and so on, I believe the people of the 6th degree from me would well cover all people in my university and a good chunk of others universities.
To show some nasty numbers, if each person has 20 non-mutual friends, the 6th degree would cover 20^6 (1.2 million) people.
I love graph problems. I still remember pulling all nighter coding Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm.
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CommentAuthorHaoest
- CommentTimeMay 17th 2007
Holyshit, I just came up with an idea. I am going to crawl facebook to build a network!!
If you don't see me in the next few weeks, don't miss me. -
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CommentAuthorFact totum
- CommentTimeMay 17th 2007
Posted By: Haoest
if each person has 20 non-mutualfriends,
You must have friends who aren't very likable. Atilla the Hun had 47 people he called "good friends". and dozens more he said "I'd be reluctant to kill for sport."
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- CommentAuthor5010
- CommentTimeMay 17th 2007
As far as I know, the 7 degree factoid is an offshoot from a study by the CDC on STDs.
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CommentAuthorFact totum
- CommentTimeMay 17th 2007
Posted By: 5010
As far as I know, the 7 degree factoid is an offshoot from a study by the CDC on STDs.
Oh no -- This is independent research I did. I never consulted the CDC or even my family physician.
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CommentAuthor[Expletive Deleted]
- CommentTimeMay 25th 2007
I read an article posted on the SCDDCCA that will back you up on that; they work with the RFOP and the WTF to verify independent research.
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CommentAuthorTrance
- CommentTimeMay 25th 2007
Posted By: [Expletive Deleted]
and the WTF
The World TaeKwonDo Federation?
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CommentAuthorFact totum
- CommentTimeMay 25th 2007 edited
Posted By: Trance
The World TaeKwonDo Federation?
No -- that would be WTKDF
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CommentAuthorTrance
- CommentTimeMay 25th 2007 edited
Try again.
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CommentAuthorAthene
- CommentTimeMay 25th 2007
Wisconsin Tomato Farmers...
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CommentAuthorPriya
- CommentTimeMay 25th 2007
When Trance Fades...
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CommentAuthorTrance
- CommentTimeMay 25th 2007
What The Fudge...
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CommentAuthorFact totum
- CommentTimeMay 25th 2007
Posted By: Trance
I have it written on my dobok.
What's DOBOK stand for?
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CommentAuthorUdoboy
- CommentTimeMay 25th 2007
Posted By: Trance
What The Fudge...
That's the name of the chocolatier in Hobbs, NM.
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