A smaller world!



      Came across this crazy theory called 'six degrees of separation' today. This theory proposed by a Hungarian writer states that anyone can be connected to any other person on this planet in six or fewer intermediates as in terms of introduction. A degree of separation is basically the measure of social distance.
     Many experiments and projects have been conducted across the globe to prove or disprove the point. In an experiment undertaken by Microsoft, they tried connecting people using the large database of social networking. They had come up with results like, more that seventy percent of people can be connected in seven or fewer steps and the others in about 29 steps. From this, the concept of 6.6 or 7 degrees of separation was derived. Not going into its technicality in deep, I found this to be very amusing.
    This concept has been then used then in several movies, songs and games considering different aspects of life. Fun speculation, isn't it? All you have to do is find six interlinked acquaintances to form the 'chain'.
    There are some things that will defy our logic and appear to be working magically. But it is indeed those five steps from 'six degrees of separation' that will prove that life is all about logic and reasoning. With the world getting smaller digitally, we are getting distant socially. And it is the time that we overcome this degree of separation to make the world a better place to live!

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