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by MikeDelta 1263 days ago
Everyone in the whole world is separated by a limited number. The notion that everyone is separated by six degrees [0] is apparently considered an urban myth, but social networks seemed to have an average of six jumps to reach everyone else (see link). Curious how it holds up nowadays.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation