Symposium 9: BACON

The term six degrees of separation is not something new to me. My friends and I did come across it before. But i never knew that based on this theory that we were all only separated by 6 people came out further studies on networking and how the brain is synchronised.

Is six degrees of separation possible without the aid and advancement of technology?  In fact, many people are being connected straight away because of the internet, the advancements of phones or walkie talkies, any mode of communication which does not require us to travel

When you claim that we are six people away from each other, shouldn’t the fifth person in line know the person you are trying to connect to? It’s no long about the six degrees of separation but rather the networks that go behind it. In the lecture, Adrian did say something about at the end of the day with this theory the whole world is connected to one another.

And to prove this theory further we played a little game called the Oracle of Bacon, Kevin Bacon that is, it shows that if we type in any celebrity name there is a link to them from him.

 

They always say, that networking and socialising is very important, it aids businesses, boosts economies indirectly and even improve bilateral ties between countries.  And i believe the very fact that we are able to connect and be able to network is because technology is bringing the world together. It is the reason why the world is getting smaller.

I love how the whole theory of networking eventually led up to a certain understanding of network with proteins in our cells and maybe one day an evolution. These two are completely different case studies working together. It is amazing to see the concept of networking behind the lines. Whether it is through technology, protein cells or even human social networking. It brings all of us together somehow one way or another.

 

What can I say? It’s a small world after all.