coraLai

six degrees of separation. i learned this from my phys10 class, and if i remember correctly, this was derived from a shakespearean play (just don’t ask me which one).  according to this "theory" (for lack of better term) we are at most six degrees separated from the person we want to meet. as an example, my prof said that he wants to meet, say, tom cruise…so, he knows (to a degree) the dean of their college (1st degree–and the counting begins); the dean knows the UP president, who in turn knows our country’s president; the philippine president knows the u.s. president, who in turn knows tom cruise….and there you go! not six, but five degrees of separation! seems simple isn’t it? mind you, this has a scientific basis–this has been studied as a part of complex networks, part of physics as a science of complexity (i’m not kidding). but come to think of it, who needs six degrees of separation when the person you really want to meet, and i mean really want to get to know, is sitting right beside you? 

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