Networks, Complexity, and Relatedness
Inquiry and learning into social networks, organizational network analysis, and the relationships among people and systems in complex organizations and networks.


Tuesday, August 12, 2003

Six Degrees from Stanley Milgram

Many articles out now that the NYU study replicating the Milgram research has concluded.

... listen to Duncan Watts on NPR's Science Fridayh (in the archives for Friday, August 8)

...Nature Magazine provides a brief summary, indicating that the the average chain length is between five and seven (6 degrees! it's true! it's true!). But Valdis Krebs notes, in the SOCNET list, that the actual number of completed chains a mere 384, 1.6% of the 24,000 that were initiated.

...The New York Times opines in "Degrees of Separation are More Likely Than 6"

...and from Oz: "Just Six Mouse-Clicks Apart"

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