Facebook Says We Are Separated By Only 3.57 Degrees

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For nearly a century, common wisdom has held that 6 degrees of separation exist between all humans. However, Facebook recently employed some algorithms and crunched some numbers and found that among its users, people are only separated by an average of 3.57 degrees.

For nearly a century, common wisdom has held that 6 degrees of separation exist between all humans. 
However, that theory was developed long before the advent of Facebook.
The site recently employed some algorithms and crunched some numbers and found that among its users, people are only separated by an average of 3.57 degrees. 
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