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It is an interesting thought that FB LinkedIn and the like have reduced the steps to Kevin Bacon by nearly half.. did you want the origin of the 6 degrees statement, Barbara, or the 3.57? this is the google version of Six *Six degrees of separation* is the theory that anyone on the planet can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than five intermediaries. The theory was first proposed in 1929 by the Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy in a short story called "Chains." cheers Rick ps have we ever met? Did Lloyd George know your father? On 21 June 2016 at 16:10, Barbara Govan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi all, > > We’re working on a TV idea on the “6 degrees of separation” notion. > Recently Facebook published an article claiming that people are now > separated by on average 3.57 steps. ? > > Does anybody know of the origins of the statement, is anyone is > researching this or is anyone conducting new experiments? > > We’re an independent award winning factual TV production company > specialising in science. > > Many thanks, > > Barbara Govan > > CEO > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Screenhouse Productions Limited > > 9, The Drive, Leeds LS8 1JF > > 1, Shaftesbury Ave. LS8 1DR > > 0113 302 3140 > > 0113 225 1218 > > 0780 325 7374 > > www.screenhouse.co.uk > > [log in to unmask] > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > ********************************************************************** > > psci-com how-to: Once subscribed, send emails for the list to > [log in to unmask] If not subscribed, either subscribe here > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com or send reqests > for items to be posted on your behalf to [log in to unmask] > > To unsubscribe (or silence messages while away) send an email (any > subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages > (ignoring text in brackets) > > • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • set psci-com nomail (to stop > receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting > messages) > > Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and > JISCMail acceptable use policy > https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print > > ********************************************************************** > -- Rick Hall FRSA Founder and Associate, Ignite! Winston Churchill Fellow 2016 0780 103 4732 *www.ignitefutures.org.uk <http://www.ignitefutures.org.uk>* 11 East Circus Street Nottingham NG1 5AF NEW OFFICE LINE: 0115 873 6249 Skype - rick.hall1 Twitter - @Rick_Hall and - @ignitefutures www.ignitefutures.org.uk www.ignitefutures.org.uk/ignition www.artscienceprize.org/uk http://lab13network.wordpress.com http://ignitionpopupshop.wordpress.com ********************************************************************** psci-com how-to: Once subscribed, send emails for the list to [log in to unmask] If not subscribed, either subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com or send reqests for items to be posted on your behalf to [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe (or silence messages while away) send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print **********************************************************************