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Last night, Primetime ran an interesting experiment to determine whether or not you really could connect with a complete stranger using only six connections. To be fair, this was inspired by the Columbia University study. Surprisingly, you actually can. I found this really fascinating.
I mean, sure, we’ve all played Six Degrees before, whether it’s with Kevin Bacon or just some random people. But they’ve actually proven that it really is a small world. Personally, I already knew that, since I have a very good friend who dated the same guy I did in High School, even though we all lived 50 miles apart and she and I didn’t meet until three years ago. If that’s not karma, I don’t know what is (and yes, there’s more to this particular story).
Do you think you could connect to a complete stranger using only personal connections (friends, family, friends-of-friends)? No interwebs to run a search of the person’s name; that would be cheating. I’m pretty sure I could do it. What about you?