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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Six Degrees of Separation/Connection may be in trouble. Why can’t 6/degrees find Osama bin laden?

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Six Degrees has problems
ScienceFriday.com’s version
Chances are you’ve heard of the ’small world’ idea of six degrees of separation. But is it correct?
The idea traces back to an experiment begun in 1967 by Stanley Milgram, in which he tried to trace how many acquaintances it would take to pass a letter between two randomly selected people. [...]

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TVO’s ‘Big Ideas’ – Another treasure trove.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

TV Ontario produces a lecture format show featuring heavy thinkers. You can subscribe  here. I’m posting links to a particular show I found especially illuminating on the subject of micro-financing and a new

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