Six degrees of separation
Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people are six or fewer social connections away from each other. As a result, a chain of "friend of a friend" statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps. It is also known as the six handshakes rule. Mathematically it means that a person shaking hands with 30 people, and then those 30 shaking hands with 30 other people, would after repeating this six times allow every person in a population as large as the United States to have shaken hands (seven times for the whole world).
Six degrees of separation - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Concept of social inter-connectedness For other uses, see Six degrees (disambiguation) . "Degrees of separation" redirects here. For the video game, see Degrees of Separation . Not to be confused with Six degrees of freedom . A map of several branches and degrees of a small social group: Ryan is six degrees of separation from Pablo Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people are six or fewer social connections away from each other. As a result, a chain of " friend of a friend " statements can
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