Monday, February 26, 2007

Six degrees of separation

Do you know that you are connected to Queen Elizabeth by 6 individuals or less? I am. This is an actual situation.

Link 1: I have a classmate who works for Singapore Airlines.
Link 2: She has a British boyfriend.
Link 3: Her bf's father is a cousin to one officer in Buckingham Palace.
Link 4: That officer reports to his superior, the top man in charge of diplomatic affairs.
Link 5: That man is very well known to the top circles in Buckingham, including the Queen.

According to wiki, six degrees of separation is the concept that any two individuals on the planet are connected by at most six others. It can be the US President or the most remote African bushman.

Try you own experiment and find out for yourself how small this world really is.

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