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njfiricano | 17:05 Sun 12th Jan 2003 | Phrases & Sayings
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What does the term 'six degrees of seperation' mean?
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The idea - based on a play and later film - is that each of us is only six acquaintances away from just about anybody else in the world. That is, I know Fred, Fred knows Jim, Jim knows Alice, Alice knows David, David knows Hilary and Hilary, of course, knows Bill (Clinton). The ex-President and I are, in other words, just six steps away from knowing each other.
Indeed. and here is a link to a 'debate' which as to whether it is true or not, which i found interesting http://www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?i
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You can link actor Kevin Bacon to any other actor in no more than six steps based on the films they've appeared in. See http://www.cs.virginia.edu/oracle/

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