The Science of Six Degrees of Separation

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  • Опубліковано 24 сер 2015
  • Are all people on Earth really connected through just six steps?
    There's much more science in this than I initially expected. It turns out ordered networks with a small degree of randomness become small-work networks. This is why your acquaintances turn out to be more important in job searches and finding new opportunities than close friends.
    DON'T SEND ME AN EMAIL anymore...
    1. Do not send it directly to me unless you know me.
    2. Send the email to someone you have met IN PERSON and know on a first name basis AND THEY KNOW YOU.
    3. Make the subject line 'Six Degrees of Veritasium'
    4. Explain that you're trying to get this email to me and ask them to forward it on to me (only if they know me IRL) or someone they know who might know me.
    5. If your email reaches me by Sept. 1, 2015 I will email you back and ask for your address so I can send you a postcard.
    Animations in this video by The Lyosacks: / thelyosacks
    There are some great books on this topic:
    Duncan Watts, Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age
    Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Linkds: How Everything is Connected to Everything Else
    And here are articles I referred to:
    Milgram's small world experiment: www.uvm.edu/~pdodds/files/pape...
    snap.stanford.edu/class/cs224w...
    Granovetter, Strength of Weak Ties:
    sociology.stanford.edu/sites/...

КОМЕНТАРІ • 7 тис.

  • @RecardoGuillermo
    @RecardoGuillermo 4 роки тому +12779

    “Imagine you have 44 friends”
    Ah I see this video is dealing with science fiction

  • @yes1sir1no1sir
    @yes1sir1no1sir 8 років тому +9731

    "Imagine you have 44 friends"
    Look i'm going to have to stop you right there because that's just crazy talk

    • @PM-vs3rh
      @PM-vs3rh 8 років тому +226

      Imagine

    • @markoproloscic4492
      @markoproloscic4492 8 років тому +55

      Made my day

    • @zeromailss
      @zeromailss 8 років тому +112

      I try to imagine but its beyond me
      must be really popular person to have more than 40 friends

    • @alialink2890
      @alialink2890 8 років тому +19

      I'm dead! 😂 Thank you for that, that honestly made my day.

    • @yunusaliakbas9192
      @yunusaliakbas9192 8 років тому +3

      +Alia Link me?!

  • @ebrdsht
    @ebrdsht 3 роки тому +925

    kinda funny how everyone in the crowd shots are staring at him

    • @orbs1062
      @orbs1062 3 роки тому +25

      Cuz he's hot.

    • @point8192
      @point8192 2 роки тому +12

      That’s the Philippines for ya

    • @drowningin
      @drowningin 2 роки тому +86

      Because he's talking to a camera louder, and with more hand gestures than you would the average person on the street. IE he's acting weird in his surrounding. You know the saying "When in Rome"? Well he's acting California in the Philippines

    • @sylpisophia5612
      @sylpisophia5612 2 роки тому +10

      its fun to see how people generally behaves in different countries, like in the Phillippines, South Africa, India, the onlookers/bystanders would interact with you, while in Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia they would cover their faces or try to avoid you.

    • @MartKencuda
      @MartKencuda 2 роки тому +31

      Can never watch shots like these and pay attention to what is being said because im too busy looking at how other people react and thinking about how the cameraman is walking backwards on a busy sidewalk.

  • @bear532
    @bear532 3 роки тому +1467

    My favorite small world moment occurred when I first moved to Australia for school (originally from the tristate area which is basically the area around NYC). Anyway I saw this random college girl walking in front of me and she was cute so I chatted her up. She was wearing a ring with a letter on it and I found it interesting so I asked her about it. Turns out that was her mom’s graduation ring which she got from the same high school I went to. The girl had never even visited my hometown since her mom moved before she had her. I just found it incredible that I moved to literally the opposite side of the world and the australian girl in front of me had a mom that came from the same town and went to the same school as me.

    • @Kammo_
      @Kammo_ 2 роки тому +229

      "And that is how i met your mother"

    • @farfromirrational948
      @farfromirrational948 2 роки тому +51

      Used to run a retreat center/air bnb in the less populated side of Big Island Hawaii
      It was nearly a monthly occurance that 2 people who knew eachother had unknowingly ended up staying with us or nearby. Countless people who lived where i grew at some point in their life.
      My favorite was a lady who went to the nude beach nearby and decided to push her comfort zone and take her clothes off in public for the first time in her life. She was in her 40's. She turned around and realized her neighbor was sitting on the beach behind her!

    • @Ira__L
      @Ira__L 2 роки тому +26

      A few years ago we stayed 9 months in Germany and got acquainted with a guy from South America, AI specialist, at a conjoined birthday party for my husband and his colleague (they had the same birthday). After that we moved to Japan, stayed there also 9 months, and when we were vacating a rental apartment, I was trying to get rid of all the furniture (people give away all their stuff for free on FB/craigslist when they leave because hard rubbish collection is very expensive, and almost all rentals are unfurnished, foreigners turnover in Japan is high, etc ). So I was happy to find a guy (originally from China, who has just moved to Japan) on FB Marketplace who was willing to take a lot of stuff at once, and we noticed we had a mutual friend - the guy from South America living in Germany! It turned out that they had worked together at some point, not sure in which country and when, but still it was pretty cool!

    • @zompired2998
      @zompired2998 2 роки тому +34

      A few years ago I went from Australia to Canada to study for a few months. The very first person I met was from my home city, and a few weeks later we found out that we're second cousins. It was wild haha

    • @bear532
      @bear532 2 роки тому +7

      @@zompired2998 That is actually nuts! What are the chances.

  • @powerpc127
    @powerpc127 8 років тому +4787

    I love the "why is this foreigner talking to himself in a market" looks everyone gave you.

    • @uniquelyqualified3676
      @uniquelyqualified3676 5 років тому +234

      they got the, "Is this an interview" look then "Oh, a camera" looks back.

    • @darkracer1252
      @darkracer1252 5 років тому +140

      judging from the guy that took a step back.
      he is using a camera man with a pretty obvious camera.
      the looks were closer to. what the hell is this guy filming in a market like this

    • @tonyivanov187
      @tonyivanov187 5 років тому +17

      Looks like a green screen

    • @i7like7to7trip7
      @i7like7to7trip7 4 роки тому +7

      powerpc127 came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed that too 😂😂 every single
      One of them 💯😂

    • @njharsh
      @njharsh 3 роки тому +13

      @@tonyivanov187 it’s not cause when he’s in Manila you can see the reflection of his footsteps on the puddles.

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak 5 років тому +5680

    But that was an innocent code.... Should not have punished him that way. But rather make use of his expertise

    • @itsyaboythewendigo8321
      @itsyaboythewendigo8321 3 роки тому +164

      I agree

    • @skynet-
      @skynet- 3 роки тому +567

      You see government is usually never as smart as the citizens

    • @restinpeace1916
      @restinpeace1916 3 роки тому +112

      ​@@skynet-
      Large structure, that can employ smartest people for its purposes?
      They already got intelligence services, that have specialists, that are on next tier compared to hacker mentioned in the video.
      -
      I am not saying state is good or evil, it's just a pretty powerful tool.

    • @geagg427
      @geagg427 3 роки тому +194

      The code could have been turned malicious in one additional line which would steal the cookies of the user and send them to a server, instantly shattering the security of MySpace. So yeah, technically it had no malice but it could have destroyed MySpace.

    • @owenjackson7207
      @owenjackson7207 3 роки тому +2

      no

  • @RopunDiphor
    @RopunDiphor 2 роки тому +726

    honestly id really love to see a short sequel to this tallying how many people actually sent that email successfully

    • @deadlytsg2792
      @deadlytsg2792 2 роки тому +58

      Hey you reading this comment . I know you , you are friend's friend's friend's friend's friend. I hope to see you in the near future 🤗🤗

    • @Faroshkas
      @Faroshkas 2 роки тому +10

      @@deadlytsg2792 i dont

    • @deadlytsg2792
      @deadlytsg2792 2 роки тому +8

      @@Faroshkas but i know that you are

    • @Zilahi-Branyi_Laszlo
      @Zilahi-Branyi_Laszlo 2 роки тому +6

      ​@@deadlytsg2792 Who read it, maybe yes. But a farmer's child in the countryside of North Korea probably not.

    • @deadlytsg2792
      @deadlytsg2792 2 роки тому +1

      @@Zilahi-Branyi_Laszlo "Probably not " you can't deny that there's still a chance , and there's also a chance that Kim Jong Un is a relative to both of us

  • @citrus2046
    @citrus2046 3 роки тому +2145

    "Try to get an email to me but you can't send it directly to me"
    Oh that looks fun
    "By 2015"
    Well then...

  • @nathanielcowan3971
    @nathanielcowan3971 4 роки тому +3611

    And this is how a virus spreads

    • @TheRealOnlineBabbler
      @TheRealOnlineBabbler 4 роки тому +33

      exactly

    • @nathanielcowan3971
      @nathanielcowan3971 4 роки тому +40

      @catfish4975 yah, maybe he would've done something like ban travel from china if he knew about this. Maybe build a wall and tighten our borders.

    • @thatssofetch3481
      @thatssofetch3481 3 роки тому +50

      nathaniel cowan The EU does not contain border walls, or even border security, and yet Germany has only far less cases per million than the USA.

    • @nathanielcowan3971
      @nathanielcowan3971 3 роки тому +4

      @@thatssofetch3481 men with guns line the roads and will kill you if you fail to follow instructions.

    • @nathanielcowan3971
      @nathanielcowan3971 3 роки тому +6

      @catfish4975 you should take a history class while you're there. Maybe a biology class while you're at it. If staying six feet away and wearing a mask helps, why wouldn't staying 600? Don't let TDS diminish your logic.

  • @andrewchou3277
    @andrewchou3277 7 років тому +2962

    I have exactly 44 less than 44 friends

  • @sdog300
    @sdog300 2 роки тому +75

    I love when UA-camrs talk on the street & everyone looks at them as they pass him talking.

  • @maxvogt3515
    @maxvogt3515 2 роки тому +294

    I mean, yeah... 6 handshakes connects you to everyone on the planet. That was kinda the problem.

  • @trevora1886
    @trevora1886 8 років тому +1651

    The looks you are getting from those people is like the highlight of the video

    • @kiwin111
      @kiwin111 7 років тому +24

      I do see aliens.

    • @aseocheviix
      @aseocheviix 7 років тому +30

      that and we're not actually used to seeing FOREIGN people film anywhere near us because.....well I mean, to us, why would they bother with a place like ours?

    • @RuLeZ1988
      @RuLeZ1988 7 років тому +26

      +johnnyXx4321 are you sure about that ? I personally just thought, they are looking to him and asking themself, why Veritasium is talking to himself out loudly. Cause after they look to him, often you see them realizing that there is a camera aswell.

    • @Nobody-yw2yf
      @Nobody-yw2yf 7 років тому +5

      +RuLeZ1988 it might be like that for some people from here but its usually as +cas aseoche said it is. "well I mean, to us, why would they bother with a place like ours?" is usually my first thought when I see foreigners living in our country. Also, it's a love/hate thing with cameras here, I think.

    • @hime-kamisama
      @hime-kamisama 5 років тому

      Yeah, and if they're with a girl from the Philippines it's a stereotype to assume they're with a Prostitute.

  • @generaltechnology8250
    @generaltechnology8250 4 роки тому +1460

    "Or did it?"
    *Vsauce music plays.*

    • @hoedoe5981
      @hoedoe5981 3 роки тому +9

      Lmaoo I was searching for this after I heard that xD

    • @keith5801
      @keith5801 3 роки тому +4

      😂😂😂

    • @debkalpapal2682
      @debkalpapal2682 3 роки тому +3

      But I did not hear the music

    • @debkalpapal2682
      @debkalpapal2682 3 роки тому +2

      See the video guns in space bro

    • @wordekable
      @wordekable 3 роки тому +4

      It's even better because he did the Vsauce getting up into a shot in this take :P

  • @Foxfried
    @Foxfried 3 роки тому +87

    Been watching youtube for like 15+ years... This channel is the most informative and most diverse by far. Natural educator the narrator is.

    • @organicfarm5524
      @organicfarm5524 2 роки тому +1

      Ever heard of Vsauce?

    • @alexalleman4756
      @alexalleman4756 2 роки тому +10

      I read your final sentence in Yoda's voice 😂

    • @samlevi4744
      @samlevi4744 Рік тому +1

      Well he has a degree in physics education.

    • @hermanbrachey7653
      @hermanbrachey7653 Рік тому

      ​@@organicfarm5524 vsauce is nowhere near as good as Veritasium 😅

  • @justinwhite2725
    @justinwhite2725 2 роки тому +363

    I follow two UA-camrs, who couldn't be further different in interest. One is an artist and one reviews mideval weapons. They happen to both be Australian, but that's wasn't a significant connection between them.
    Turns out (I found out after watching them for over a year) that they are brothers... What are the odds?
    (Shadaversity and Jazza, if anyone is curious)

    • @Plasma_Mobile
      @Plasma_Mobile 2 роки тому +3

      Hhm, started watching them again a month ago.

    • @dannythorpe1425
      @dannythorpe1425 2 роки тому +10

      whys that strange? im pretty confident in saying there will be plenty more streamers on the platform who are related? and you have probs watched more that are related without knowing it.

    • @Michael-Sanford
      @Michael-Sanford 2 роки тому +11

      But only one of them will build a castle.

    • @madkirk7431
      @madkirk7431 2 роки тому +6

      @@dannythorpe1425 rare is different from strange you derp

    • @dannythorpe1425
      @dannythorpe1425 2 роки тому +1

      @@madkirk7431 so what is the rarity of it... YOU DERP

  • @nootology
    @nootology 8 років тому +515

    I love watching all the confused people in the background

    • @seriousmax
      @seriousmax 8 років тому +6

      +Phantom Foofy whatsgoinonwhatsgoinonwhatsgoinon...

    • @MaddyBuni
      @MaddyBuni 8 років тому +28

      Ikr, some parents were trying to hide their kids

    • @judah142
      @judah142 8 років тому +12

      It is so distracting because they are all so confused and interested

    • @CrazedsHideout
      @CrazedsHideout 8 років тому +4

      +Phantom Foofy It might be one of those countries where people take videos and pictures on the streets to seek kids to abduct, so the parents hide their kids from all cameras for safety reasons. I know somewhere in South America had the same issue.

    • @whoeveriam0iam14222
      @whoeveriam0iam14222 8 років тому +6

      CrazedsHideout might just be that they see somebody walking in the street talking to nobody but clearly looking a distinct direction.. it's like those business people who talk on their phone via headphones.. just talking to nobody you can see.. except he is also looking at something

  • @qqq1701
    @qqq1701 8 років тому +1083

    Now how would I have 44 friends? That's just crazy talk.

    • @LordDragox412
      @LordDragox412 8 років тому +64

      qqq1701 I'm super anti-social and I have a super anti-social friend. We both are the only friends we have. But, we "know" people, which is enough for the theory to be true. I know a person that knows a person that knows a person that knows a person... that knows Kevin Bacon. Of course I don't know that yet, I would have to move my butt and ask people about at least 44 people that they know, and they would then have to ask those 44 people about 44 people each of those people know etc. to find out which connection would actually lead me to the person that knows Kevin Bacon. So even through in theory it seems probable, it's really impractical and I don't even know who Kevin Bacon is. I'm more into books than movies... But hey, if he's some important guy at least I can brag that I, at least in theory, could get in touch with Kevin Bacon if I only wanted to. But that would mean I would have to befriend the friend of my friend's (...) friend to actually have them ask Kevin Bacon if he could spare a few moments to talk with me in one way or another. But I'm not insane and would never speak with someone I don't know. Now that's just a silly idea. After all, I'm anti-social! #Kappa

    • @ojb48o
      @ojb48o 8 років тому +1

      ***** We're all a little worried about him.

    • @ClearInstructionsOnly
      @ClearInstructionsOnly 8 років тому +2

      +qqq1701 I can be your friend!

    • @LoadingLegendary
      @LoadingLegendary 8 років тому +2

      ***** That's fun...i work in transportation...i know a lot of people. I just don't like most of them.

    • @LordDragox412
      @LordDragox412 8 років тому +1

      ChainReaction! Sure! In which form? I would suggest ayahuasca, it may not have the best taste but the effect takes place in a really short amount of time and last for a good good while. Just be sure you're in a good mood in a safe place with a "sober" friend, and I would also recommend smoking/eating some weed beforehand, so that you won't be "too active" during your trip. Of course it would be much cheaper to just get some DMT and activate it in the poor student way (anti-depressants) but that gives much worse effects (not all of DMT gets activated) but hey, it's a "pocket friendly" option. #Kappa

  • @ultraprim
    @ultraprim 3 роки тому +43

    4:36 Shout-out to the guy in the background who saw that he was recording and got out of frame

    • @amgm1996
      @amgm1996 2 роки тому +2

      thats a public space you shpuldnt grt out just because someone is recording

    • @serioes
      @serioes 2 роки тому +1

      @@amgm1996 I guess he just don't want so be in the Video 🤷🏼‍♂️
      poor guy

  • @Metruzanca
    @Metruzanca 2 роки тому +85

    How does the government enforce "don't touch a computer for 3 years"
    Also, good luck with that nowadays. That's basically a jail sentence for most careers.
    *software developer panic*

    • @sylpisophia5612
      @sylpisophia5612 2 роки тому +4

      If i'm the boss of that guy, I'd promote him instantly to management position. He doesn't need to touch a computer, but he'd be very good at giving out lectures and insightful ideas to the rest of us who can use the computer 😁👍

    • @Metruzanca
      @Metruzanca 2 роки тому +4

      @@sylpisophia5612 Not quite. All management positions require the use of a computer. Also not having access to a computer, their knowledge and skill will quickly become outdated and rusty.
      Moreover If your job was strictly dependent on the use of a computer, odds are the 3 years forbidden will result in even more years lost as you try to catch up again. In this case I'm talking about careers like software engineers, secOps, devOps.. etc
      Still wondering how'd they'd enforce it. If something like that happened to me, worst case scenario I'd move to another country for 3 years and then come back (unless I found better)

    • @sylpisophia5612
      @sylpisophia5612 2 роки тому +1

      @@Metruzanca umm, you can't tell me how to run my company without presenting me a full analysis with sources. As I mentioned on my comment, I'd move him to management, and that's because I have my own reasons, and that includes not needing to use a computer to do their job. Also, the sanction doesn't include restrictions from attending conferences and seminars, he could still get new knowledge from those and then share those new knowledge back with us.

    • @Metruzanca
      @Metruzanca 2 роки тому

      ​@@sylpisophia5612 Do as you please.
      Given two experts of the same caliber. Give one pen and paper and a flipphone and give the other all the bleeding edge technology he wants. Sorry, but theres not contest here.
      Again though, my comment was mainly towards jobs that REQUIRE use of computers. A software engineer that isn't developing for 3 months is already rusty. Even with 30+ years of experience, no access to internet or a computer is a career ending thing. No amount of conferences will help as you don't learn by watching, you learn by doing.
      If your job involves excel, you're fucked.
      You could potentially train people, but you can't really learn anything new at a reasonable pace.

    • @sylpisophia5612
      @sylpisophia5612 2 роки тому

      @@Metruzanca Still not conviced. You made it sound like computer is the solution to every problem in the world.

  • @veritasium
    @veritasium  8 років тому +488

    NOTE: you must email someone you know personally, that means someone you have met in person that you know and they know you.

    • @CrazedsHideout
      @CrazedsHideout 8 років тому +49

      +Veritasium E....mail?
      Seriously though, the only people I email are people I'm interviewing with. I don't even know my PARENTS' emails.

    • @oafkad
      @oafkad 8 років тому +99

      Veritasium Well there goes my plan of emailing Brady.

    • @brianlynch4016
      @brianlynch4016 8 років тому +20

      Veritasium But wouldn't this not give the full picture of how the degrees of separation are changing that Mr. deGrasse Tyson spoke of? It devalues the strength of online relationships, something; I should note, the youtube model 100% relies on. Not just the relationship between the viewer and the presented but the communities that spring up around the content creator(s) who interact on a daily basis through peripheral media like twitter, reddit, and tumblr. It also devalues the concept of weak ties. It would be an interesting way to see if there is a limit to the networking power of weak ties. What tie is weaker than an online relationship?

    • @mihai08
      @mihai08 8 років тому +2

      +Veritasium Nice argument :) It only works as a party trick or using Social Media "Friends" and/or connections. Real life does not work like that. Social media ties have no or little value in real life. How do you describe a friend? The: "I have a friend that know guy" works perhaps on paper. In real life you have to take into account behavior, personality type (anti-social), location, education and social status. If based on my perception I consider you my friend and all your friends my acquaintance, we can reduce the equation to 2, maybe 3 degrees of separation. In "real" life, people have 4-6 friends and that number increases once you get married (if you do, not to mention what happens to your circles if you choose or belong to a certain ethnicity or sexual orientation) and then your spouses family join in with their connections. So where we stand in 6 degrees of separation? Maybe in the same place a small factory stands with their 6 Sigma when they will only get to produce 300000 products in their lifetime. For any degree of separation formula to be proven we need to reach a conjunction, where both social and technical capabilities and standards meet and create the possibility to measure to some degree.

    • @Drudenfusz
      @Drudenfusz 8 років тому +32

      Veritasium Hope you told you friends in advance to expect some increase of mails might coming their way...

  • @smartereveryday
    @smartereveryday 8 років тому +2575

    You guys can stop emailing me now.
    EDIT: Actually... you can keep on emailing me with the correct "Six Degrees of Veritasium" subject line. IF you personally know me of course (wink). I spent an hour figuring out how to reclaim my inbox and forward your message along to Derek. Of course I'm only speaking to those of you who personally know me. (wink wink)

    • @TheMatiaxXXx
      @TheMatiaxXXx 8 років тому +52

      Maybe it was not such a good idea to publish a video next to him, just before Derek publish this one.
      Greetings from chile :)

    • @GoodJobCasey
      @GoodJobCasey 8 років тому +36

      SmarterEveryDay I was thinking..."hey. I know someone that knows Destin". It wouldnt be emailing you directly, it would be an actual chain of people. Then I realized you would be swarmed with emails.
      Looking forward to more great content!

    • @tontantm1795
      @tontantm1795 8 років тому +4

      No

    • @kulza23
      @kulza23 8 років тому +3

      SmarterEveryDay It's pronounced 'air-dish'.

    • @Zeldaschampion
      @Zeldaschampion 8 років тому +3

      SmarterEveryDay it's because Derek hates you and doesn't want to be your friend.....Wow. That was kinda harsh Destin...

  • @ath318404
    @ath318404 2 роки тому +23

    Who has 44 friends?

  • @Beeontree
    @Beeontree 2 роки тому +2

    This video completely left out family and those connections

  • @MrFish-kg1cn
    @MrFish-kg1cn 5 років тому +964

    Imagine you have 44 friends
    Just imagine

  • @BillyViBritannia
    @BillyViBritannia 8 років тому +543

    UPDATE THE DESCRIPTION AND LET US KNOW IF IT WORKED DAMN IT!

    • @Allocated_Brain
      @Allocated_Brain 6 років тому +20

      Less damn it and more thank you.

    • @richlaue
      @richlaue 5 років тому +2

      BillyViBritannia stop yelling and showing your immaturity. Don't type in all caps.

    • @123silverslash
      @123silverslash 5 років тому +14

      Don't reply to a two year old comment, it makes you appear even more immature (Even though someone's manner of casual internet speaking isn't indicative of their intelligence in any way, shape, or form.).

    • @luiscarlosqg
      @luiscarlosqg 5 років тому +2

      I would also like to known of it worked. Thanks.

    • @WonderingAboutThat
      @WonderingAboutThat 5 років тому

      I was wondering this too!

  • @crustyoldfart
    @crustyoldfart 2 роки тому +67

    A personal story : when I was a university student in the 50's I became acquainted with Albert Finney. He went on to become an internationally known actor. I've often wondered how this would place me on the Kevin Bacon chain, since if Finney and Bacon knew each other then I would have an impressively low Bacon rating. This leads to a conjecture - does knowing an actor who is know internationally lead to low Bacon ratings, since actors have a greater chance of knowing one another than say medical practitioners. Also, does knowing a famous actor lead to a short connect path to a randomly chosen individual Joe Blow.

    • @crustyoldfart
      @crustyoldfart 2 роки тому +13

      A second thought on what we can think of as the connectivity conjecture : It's legitimate to think of these linkages as lines of communication. This poses the question - what is a quick way to obtain good information on any subject. A possible solution is to ask a taxi driver in a big city. These individuals are in continual communication with many diverse people - a classic case of multiple random connectivity.

    • @davidcoons89
      @davidcoons89 2 роки тому +6

      @@crustyoldfart great just fantastic points of conjecture! I really have an itch now to find definitive proof that knowing a famous actor would indeed shorten the path to any rando..I absolutely imagine you’d be correct tho. Thanks for the food for thought Harold! 👌🏼

    • @Justin-tp1mx
      @Justin-tp1mx 2 роки тому +2

      Albert Finney wasn't in any movies with Kevin Bacon, there's one degree of separation through Helena Bonham Carter

    • @crustyoldfart
      @crustyoldfart 2 роки тому +1

      @@Justin-tp1mx Thanks for that. I've never done any digging respecting which actors have worked with whom. The Bonham Carters are a big and influential family, so I now assume I'm better connected than I'd supposed !

    • @metalmastersc
      @metalmastersc 2 роки тому +1

      Amazingly , I my self have two separate Bacon #'s of 4. My best friend growing up is Soliel Moon Frye's (Punky Brewster) cousin, she has a 2 Bacon #
      The other is Andy Griffith was my mother's "uncle" growing up.. (Weren't all friends of our parents called Uncle/Aunt back in the day...?) Andy Griffith also has a 2 Bacon #

  • @edwardseverinsen5598
    @edwardseverinsen5598 2 роки тому +13

    Really makes you think about how true the butterfly effect might be. If there was around 4 to 5 degrees of separation in 2015 I can imagine it's dropped a bit more. Which makes sense because nowadays LDR are more frequent, online friends in video games etc as well, events in their location now becomes more personal and can effect your mood and decisions based on that mood. In just one dimension you can see a bigger change in peoples behaviors based on events happening across the globe. Those decisions and actions they make of course having physical consequences. This paired with the video where you explain chaos and how a decimal place massively changes weather predictions and renders them entirely random after a week makes total sense to me. That randomness isn't so much a thing but that we won't be able to ever accurately enough measure variables in the present to predict the future for a very very long time.

  • @peterbrownwastaken
    @peterbrownwastaken 8 років тому +455

    Those people in the Philippines think you're insane. Just saying...

    • @Wordsnwood
      @Wordsnwood 8 років тому

      Peter Brown Hey Peter, do you know Derek? Can I email you? ;-) ;-) ;-)
      not that I've met you in person... :-(

    • @peterbrownwastaken
      @peterbrownwastaken 8 років тому +3

      wordsnwood I wonder if Derek was ever at Vidcon...

    • @Wordsnwood
      @Wordsnwood 8 років тому +3

      Peter Brown I think the "and they know you" caveat would pretty much eliminate all fanboy interaction at conventions. :-)

    • @Nutty151
      @Nutty151 8 років тому +8

      +Peter Brown Nah, they're just curious.

    • @xjaireyes
      @xjaireyes 8 років тому +16

      +Peter Brown white skinned people, and cameras are common head-turners in the streets of Manila.

  • @jeremyashford2115
    @jeremyashford2115 8 років тому +1379

    This six degrees of separation becomes even more interesting when you add an element of time to it. Say for example, how many degrees are there between you and a historical figure? Obviously the further back in time the figure you are wanting to connect with the greater the number of degrees of separation. This can make it really interesting to know old people who have themselves known old people in their younger days. You may not get to experience history first hand but even so second and third hand may provide a greater degree of insight than you would get from newspapers or even history books. In my case, perhaps two decades ago now I spent some time with a man in his eighties who as a child had spent time with an older figure, allowing me to time travel a century and a half.

    • @myearshurtnoone1367
      @myearshurtnoone1367 8 років тому +40

      brilliant comment, so glade u pointed that out for everyone

    • @NITSUD-yr6rg
      @NITSUD-yr6rg 7 років тому +17

      my great grandfather's grandpa was alive in the civil war. My kin folk live well into there 90's. I never knew how lucky I was to interact with them as a young boy but now I do as a grown man. One thing I learned from them is how much better life was back in the day.

    • @EGarrett01
      @EGarrett01 7 років тому +33

      Very true. Another way to do this, ask your Grandparents about their Grandparents. You pretty much instantly can hear some personal stories about people who were born in the 1800's.

    • @axxization
      @axxization 7 років тому +21

      Read a book. You might get to travel thousands of years, depending on the author and topic. Additional perk, you not just get to connect with that single person, but those who copied, edited, printed, read and studied that book through time.

    • @jeremyashford2115
      @jeremyashford2115 7 років тому +19

      Real humans can be surprisingly interactive.

  • @PunmasterSTP
    @PunmasterSTP 2 роки тому +19

    Six degrees of information? More like "Keep giving us great inspiration!" Your videos are just wonderful, and I'm always fascinated when I watch them. I think each one of them is a shining example of just how amazing content on UA-cam can be.

  • @rogersledz6793
    @rogersledz6793 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

  • @Jadpon_
    @Jadpon_ 4 роки тому +565

    The seventh degree is me and my dad

  • @KingFredrickVI
    @KingFredrickVI 8 років тому +442

    I hope Brady is ready for the wave of people asking him to forward their email to Derk.

    • @joshinils
      @joshinils 8 років тому +18

      +KingFredrickVI that should only be people that know him personally.

    • @andrewrollason4963
      @andrewrollason4963 8 років тому +74

      +KingFredrickVI
      Dirk from Veristablium?
      Dog from Veryhappyium?
      Drake from Vanadium?

    • @salvatore_slate
      @salvatore_slate 8 років тому +16

      HI fans unite!

    • @888SpinR
      @888SpinR 8 років тому

      +KingFredrickVI Good idea, I haven't thought of that! Plus, it'll give Brady another chance to talk about that sort of thing.

    • @hanspree13
      @hanspree13 8 років тому +4

      +TheJoshinils if you know someone from the university of Nottingham then you've pretty much got it

  • @alexandersillan8139
    @alexandersillan8139 2 роки тому +3

    I worked for the British Army as an LEC whilst living in Germany.
    When you start you have a period of intense training.
    Whilst in training I met a guy who I would later work with. He asked where I was from
    And told him, he asked to be more specific, so I told him where I was from.
    He asked did I know any lifeguards (because my past employment had come up) and I said yes.
    He said a name I knew through a friend who worked with him (I had met him but didn’t know him too well) and he said his sister was married to him. That was a mind blowing moment… It was proper mind blowing.
    It’s crazy how these things work.
    I am also six degrees separated from Gordon Ramsey but that’s another story.

  • @scheiepfostierer4652
    @scheiepfostierer4652 3 роки тому +3

    3:46 "he didn't have any info on the structure of real social networks" Damn dude, same.

  • @TheBOSS6715
    @TheBOSS6715 8 років тому +186

    I wonder how many late emails he gets now

    • @skyjoe55
      @skyjoe55 5 років тому +1

      Millions i would guess

  • @VomicaEmanio
    @VomicaEmanio 8 років тому +231

    I remember my dad telling me about this. He even made an example: I know my grandfather, who worked in the swedish goverment and knows a ton of high politicians there and several of those politicians have met and talked to Barak Obama. So in in three steps I know Barak Obama

    • @L4Vo5
      @L4Vo5 8 років тому +1

      +Anju Maaka but do those politicians know your grandfather? thats included in the rules :/

    • @VomicaEmanio
      @VomicaEmanio 8 років тому +7

      L4Vo5
      I believe the rules is that you must have been introduced and spent some time talking. It depends on who you ask though

    • @L4Vo5
      @L4Vo5 8 років тому +1

      Anju Maaka i mean in this video's rules

    • @KaitlynChey
      @KaitlynChey 8 років тому +2

      The rules included that the two people in one link have to know each other on a first name basis. So the high politicians would have to know your grandfather's name

    • @VomicaEmanio
      @VomicaEmanio 8 років тому +2

      kaitlyn lawson
      Well, some of them I think does but maybe not since he retired over 25 years ago. He's got a lot of friends from his worklife though so some might be still active politicians, I don't know.

  • @Theroguemanofficial
    @Theroguemanofficial 2 роки тому

    Thank you for the post card! Unbelievable!!!

  • @Langwidere903
    @Langwidere903 2 роки тому +2

    I think my favorite is that I had a friend in rehab in Hawaii who was from the city that my mom is from in California. That’s not remarkable, it’s a huge city. But out of every neighborhood in this huge city this guy was born and raised across the street from my grandparents house. He and I probably passed by each other at the supermarket or the mall a dozen times in our lives before meeting in rehab of all places.

  • @a1234341432431243214
    @a1234341432431243214 8 років тому +451

    You reminded me of vsauce at 3:03

    • @2006seabass2006
      @2006seabass2006 8 років тому +7

      Pwned Lol wow, exactly like him :D

    • @richardberube
      @richardberube 8 років тому +67

      Pwned or did it?

    • @georgecataloni4720
      @georgecataloni4720 8 років тому +56

      Pwned He just needs that bong sound.

    • @scottwilson4798
      @scottwilson4798 8 років тому +12

      and a longer, slightly excited and at the same time slightly intimidating stare down the camera

    • @ClearInstructionsOnly
      @ClearInstructionsOnly 8 років тому +16

      +Pwned HEY! Clear Instructions here! Wait...what is clear? (Chudnow's music starts)

  • @wasd2333
    @wasd2333 8 років тому +246

    The sad thing: I don't have 44 friends.

    • @vleesevlons
      @vleesevlons 8 років тому

      same

    • @madarauchiha-xx5gp
      @madarauchiha-xx5gp 8 років тому +6

      i giggled. but sadly it is true for me too.. but the bright side is we can be secret agents and other cannot. nobody knows us.

    • @Thefloppy94
      @Thefloppy94 8 років тому

      +wasd2333 You must have met in person 44 people, and I think we have all done that, unless you're a baby.

    • @kubkub7156
      @kubkub7156 8 років тому

      +SHREK No, you don't. You have more.

    • @ElectricityTaster
      @ElectricityTaster 8 років тому +2

      +wasd2333 Jesus only had 12 and one was a traitor.

  • @rikhavok
    @rikhavok 2 роки тому +16

    hey ! I just started watching your channel so I am looking back at some of your older stuff. This one just came up. 7 years later, you should do a follow up video to this one if you haven’t already.
    I would love to see a follow up video to this one. What happened? How many people found you via email steps and received a postcard? Also, with people actively trying to reach people doesn’t this close the gap even more? Because once someone has connected with someone they didn’t connect with before, even by one step, the whole world is now closer together.

  • @martonistvan1746
    @martonistvan1746 3 роки тому

    Thanks for including Karinthy Frigyes!! Big thumbs up!

  • @LostKiwi
    @LostKiwi 8 років тому +543

    "imagine you have 44 friends"
    god dammit

    • @321blastoff6
      @321blastoff6 6 років тому

      yeah... wow

    • @francescosorce5189
      @francescosorce5189 5 років тому +8

      That's a lot of -damage- friends!

    • @rohitsanhal
      @rohitsanhal 5 років тому

      Too powerful imagination for mind

    • @Clay_Maguire
      @Clay_Maguire 5 років тому +3

      Do imaginary friends count?

    • @burnerjack01
      @burnerjack01 5 років тому +3

      ...and they need to borrow some cash and your car...

  • @Thomas_Cool
    @Thomas_Cool 8 років тому +532

    watching this on August 31st, challenge accepted

    • @veritasium
      @veritasium  8 років тому +76

      +Cheezit034 i wish you luck!

    • @pdr.
      @pdr. 8 років тому +4

      +Veritasium Is it too late? It's still 1 Sept here (in Basel, Switzerland)!

    • @davidcorps
      @davidcorps 8 років тому

      +Pete Ryland Home of the great Roger Federer! I want to conect with him through this experiment! I am e-mailing you!

    • @eboabo2402
      @eboabo2402 8 років тому

      +Pete Ryland I'm sure he accounted for people watching the video later and not realising it and also it just taking a lot of the chains longer than others

    • @halseykusuma5464
      @halseykusuma5464 8 років тому

      +Johndilio HM me too!!😊

  • @ekkekrosing8454
    @ekkekrosing8454 2 роки тому +4

    1:25 In 2021 its close to 8 billion

  • @bassic6959
    @bassic6959 Рік тому

    I still love the fact that you are just walking around melbourne my local part of the world. wish you came back here sometime I would love to meet you

  • @naveenmittal
    @naveenmittal 4 роки тому +1816

    its 2019 now and i would like to know how did your experiment went ?

  • @jrjubach
    @jrjubach 8 років тому +29

    So when you see a stranger in public, treat them with kindness, because you just never know..

    • @LordDragox412
      @LordDragox412 8 років тому

      ***** And he knew a person that knew a person that knew a person (...) that knew you! Wow, how scary! It's almost like you were friends :O That means he knew you and you didn't even greet him! And that's probably why you WORKED at a Walmart and you don't anymore... See, you should've tipped your fedora at him... :( #Kappa

    • @Saltofreak123
      @Saltofreak123 8 років тому +6

      +jrjubach or just treat them with kidness because ... you know ... to treat them with kidness

    • @jrjubach
      @jrjubach 8 років тому

      +Christian Hoffmann Hahah, very good point. :)

  • @wyldeman7
    @wyldeman7 2 роки тому

    I'm glad I stumbled onto this today. I used to play 6 degrees of kevin bacon quite often in collage. great stuff.

  • @paulbreiter9921
    @paulbreiter9921 3 роки тому

    I love your videos, that in my opinion is quality content and I want to thank you for that. Peace!

  • @rauhamanilainen6271
    @rauhamanilainen6271 3 роки тому +388

    4:37 - "...you're just as likely to be connected to someone here in Manila, as you are to someone in your own town."
    Literally true for me, since I'm from Manila. As a longtime Veritasium viewer, it felt weirdly pleasant to recognize the orange building beside/behind you as you were filming, and I guess this further shows how much of a small world we live in.

    • @seawaterjohnmiller7118
      @seawaterjohnmiller7118 2 роки тому +2

      that's totally stupid, i can prove this wrong with a very simple thought.
      Okay so take a small town of 10 where everyone is related. now see if they are as likely to be connected to each other ( 100% chance) to someone in north korea....
      Hey he said it, not me, look how stupid it sounds now.... The only way for this statement "you're as likely to be connected in your town to someone across the world", to be true, would mean you are 100% connected to everyone in north korea in my example case.
      Doesn't take a genius to figure this is a bunch of hogwash

    • @charlessaintpe8574
      @charlessaintpe8574 2 роки тому +12

      @@seawaterjohnmiller7118 he never said that assumption was true, and in fact he showed that 6 degrees works even when it is not true.

    • @maheehossain5481
      @maheehossain5481 2 роки тому +5

      Same feeling here in Melbourne

    • @josephoyek6574
      @josephoyek6574 2 роки тому +2

      Putangina?

    • @bengraymes4476
      @bengraymes4476 2 роки тому +4

      ​@@seawaterjohnmiller7118 6 degrees is just an average. But even then, look at it this way : all it takes is for you to be the student of a uni professor, to be on a 2nd degree connection to a lot of people around the world, due to said professor attending conferences and international seminars. On the other hand, it you may be equally connected to a barman across the city because you've never been to his bar, but one of your friends did.
      North Korea makes it even more easy because everyone's the child/wife/father/mother of a soldier, or a soldier themselves. You can easily go up the chain of command (knowing you can skip parts of it, there's no reason a sgt wouldn't be connected directly to a colonel due to some special assignment) all the way to kim jong un or any official that went abroad.

  • @Greksallad
    @Greksallad 7 років тому +58

    Two Swedish tv personalities called Filip and Fredrik have made a series about this topic, where they start off with just some random person in like the middle of nowhere and try to connect them with a famous person in only six steps. They usually manage it too, although in a couple episodes needing 7 steps. In one episode they managed to connect like an 80 year old lady living in a rusty old shack in the middle of the Namibian desert, and who has never been further than 20 km from her village, with Michael Bolton in only six steps. Fascinating stuff!

  • @imsomeone_really_insignifi6634
    @imsomeone_really_insignifi6634 2 роки тому

    I always wanted to know about this. Thank you!

  • @deeptinadkarni4778
    @deeptinadkarni4778 3 роки тому

    Amazing video!! Studied about this in Social Network Analysis!

  • @TheHappyMinecrafter117
    @TheHappyMinecrafter117 8 років тому +625

    I know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who knows...
    You! :o

    • @csani888
      @csani888 8 років тому +2

      +Struan Taylor
      Better call Soul!:D

    • @shashnatiq
      @shashnatiq 8 років тому +2

      +C Murvay Saul*

    • @HarrisSpinos
      @HarrisSpinos 8 років тому +9

      ... a guy's UNCLE

    • @KOakaKO
      @KOakaKO 8 років тому +2

      +Patrick Star - On youtube, look up "TISM - I rooted a girl". Much the same thing. ;)

    • @johngamer9
      @johngamer9 8 років тому +2

      +Struan Taylor saul goodman anyone>?

  • @baijokull
    @baijokull 8 років тому +307

    My email is sent out. Since I'm from Iceland I decided that my first step should be to send it to a friend in the english speaking world to increase the chances of it getting to you. I hit him up on facebook to make sure it would atleast get through to the next step. Hope this works :)

    • @veritasium
      @veritasium  8 років тому +194

      I have friends in Iceland ;)

    • @majorevangelism
      @majorevangelism 8 років тому +224

      +Xovius You hear that? He has friends in Iceland. You just lost like two degrees.

    • @Mercure250
      @Mercure250 8 років тому +55

      +majorevangelism Of course! He's in iceland! it is cold!
      *runs away*

    • @baijokull
      @baijokull 8 років тому +7

      Veritasium Aww, I think I could probably get to you in about 2-3 degrees then if I knew who they were.

    • @TheSacredChill
      @TheSacredChill 8 років тому +1

      +Mercure250 That was beautiful and amazing.

  • @milklover2351
    @milklover2351 2 роки тому +1

    thanks Sammy, very cool.

  • @mahfknamsayn3819
    @mahfknamsayn3819 3 роки тому

    I have no clue whats going on but its fun watching you play with buttons and the story at the beginning was funny af

  • @elliejohnson2786
    @elliejohnson2786 8 років тому +427

    That fully explains the thing on steam:
    If you click on the highest level friend on your friends list and the highest on their list, you'll eventually get to Palm Desert, the highest leveled person on steam. (Sometimes this doesn't work, but those are very rare cases of high levelers with barely any friends).

    • @HellboundHarry
      @HellboundHarry 8 років тому +41

      Haha thats crazy! It just took me 5 clicks to get to Palm Desert.

    • @alfredo5709
      @alfredo5709 8 років тому +18

      Wow it works! 6 clicks

    • @icuXD
      @icuXD 8 років тому +23

      St4ck is higher steam level.
      PalmDesert is level 1111
      St4ck is level 1113
      But St4ck can't be reached by doing the method you said unless one of your friends was a friend of St4ck.

    • @icuXD
      @icuXD 8 років тому

      Ellie Johnson nope
      probably marked as spam by youtube. it happens often.

    • @elliejohnson2786
      @elliejohnson2786 8 років тому

      yperz Ahh. I think i've restored them so :D

  • @wedmunds
    @wedmunds 7 років тому +75

    To the singles, you're only 5 steps away from your future wife/husband!

    • @tonyhussey3610
      @tonyhussey3610 5 років тому +27

      And six steps to your divorce 🤟🏻

  • @chrislaws4785
    @chrislaws4785 3 роки тому +4

    This type of stuff is pretty cool. For example, growing up I use to love watching old re runs of dukes of Hazzard tv show. I also liked watching the TV show jackass with Johnny Knoxville. Then come to find out my step dad use to go to fishing tournaments. And one of his fishing partners was James Best, the actor that played as Rosco P. Coltrane, the cop on dukes of Hazzard that was always chasing the brothers. Who in turn of course knew the writer and director of the show, who in turn knew the people making the remake dukes of Hazzard movie which Johnny Knoxville was playing in. So in less then 6 steps i was able to directly connect myself to not only 1 of my favorite shows, but Two. And as a note, James Best died in 2015 in Hickory, NC (about 15 mins from where I currently live) from complications due to pneumonia. He was a nice guy and believe it or not, he actually did that silly laugh from the show. Anytime he'd get a big fish on his line he'd start doing that Rosco P. Coltrane laugh....lol.

  • @DRDINOMEOW
    @DRDINOMEOW 2 роки тому

    Everyone commenting on the people in the market, yet fail to realize how embarrassing it must be to do something of that sort and still not break. What a great shot. I thought a lot of them were paid extras till they started staring directly in the camera and gave you funny looks! Great job!

  • @Applest2oApples
    @Applest2oApples 8 років тому +97

    The only way this works if a persons asks *everyone* they know if they can contact you. If they can't, they must ask everyone *they* know, and so on. In other words, you contact 44 people. Each of those also contact 44 people, so after two steps, 1,900 people have been contacted. After 6 steps, over 7 billion people have been contact, one of which must be you, therefore it's successful.
    If it is just you contacting 1 person, who contacts 1 person, who contacts 1 person, and so.... Well congrats, 6 people have been contacted, big whoop!

    • @Infinitiely
      @Infinitiely 8 років тому +4

      Ryan Johnson ^ This

    • @Wegnerrobert2
      @Wegnerrobert2 8 років тому +7

      this way it is guaranteed that it will work. if you only contact 1 person it might still work and thats why its fun - a challenge

    • @EntityMordecai
      @EntityMordecai 8 років тому +1

      This only works if everyone k knows 44 new people that haven't previously been contacted

    • @tylermorgan4862
      @tylermorgan4862 8 років тому +2

      Ryan Johnson No the idea is that you contact one person out of your 44 people, the one which you think will know someone accompanied closer with them.

    • @EntityMordecai
      @EntityMordecai 8 років тому

      +Tyler Morgan I know. I'm replying to Ryan's comment.

  • @wowfail6835
    @wowfail6835 4 роки тому +253

    Anyone here during the COVID-19 outbreak, realizing that shaking hands basically means that I shook hands with everyone

    • @javierjones8389
      @javierjones8389 4 роки тому +1

      Yup.

    • @Cozy4Tue
      @Cozy4Tue 4 роки тому +3

      I thought of that too. Well i thought of how this 6 degrees theory can by applied by epidemiologists

    • @cygnuscraft9544
      @cygnuscraft9544 4 роки тому

      Well we're all staying inside until every boomer dies then.

    • @D3rMesaa
      @D3rMesaa 4 роки тому +7

      Pretty much every hand you've ever shook had a dick in it

    • @qball1084
      @qball1084 2 роки тому

      covid is an STD ... socially transmitted disease ;)

  • @karlr2908
    @karlr2908 3 роки тому +2

    Cool to think about how making a random new friend opens an entire new part of the world

  • @alexethan7469
    @alexethan7469 3 роки тому +1

    I could listen to vetri.... vetiri.... vevirit..... vertisas..... aah.....
    I could listen to this man for the whole day

  • @JoyFerret
    @JoyFerret 7 років тому +356

    This reminds me of that guy who started with a red pen and via trading he ended up with a house

    • @axeltheredpanda5453
      @axeltheredpanda5453 7 років тому +1

      JoyFerret that sounds amazing 😂

    • @terryzuniga2473
      @terryzuniga2473 6 років тому +3

      yeah it was a red paperclip

    • @smoothred9453
      @smoothred9453 5 років тому +20

      I started with a red pen and ended up with ligma

    • @TheNicestCupOfTea
      @TheNicestCupOfTea 5 років тому +4

      Devil's Advocate, whats bofa?

    • @David-ud9ju
      @David-ud9ju 5 років тому +46

      I feel bad for the guy who started with a house and ended up with a paperclip.

  • @DiamondTurtleGamer
    @DiamondTurtleGamer 5 років тому +327

    Oh lmao you got the friend who shut down Myspace. Saw that story on UA-cam.

  • @Mattyew
    @Mattyew 2 роки тому

    Can't wait to see the follow up to this

  • @uznozit921
    @uznozit921 3 роки тому

    Thrice time watching... beautiful workz

  • @EugeneKhutoryansky
    @EugeneKhutoryansky 8 років тому +20

    There are a number of isolated indigenous tribes in some parts of the world that would not be connected to us through any degree of separation. There are also isolated countries like North Korea which have the same phenomena.

    • @bones343
      @bones343 8 років тому +10

      Eugene Khutoryansky North Korea isn't a good example. Did you watch the illustration with the buttons? All it takes is one thread to make connections. NK has defectors, diplomats, South Korean relatives, etc. So while there are less possible connections, that doesn't matter as long as there isn't zero.
      Now a totally isolated tribe cut-off from the rest of the world entirely and unvisited by outsiders (ie. "undiscovered") is a valid example.

    • @AbsoluteAvarice
      @AbsoluteAvarice 8 років тому

      Eugene Khutoryansky there are no connections to anyone on north sentinel island

    • @middleclassseabass7178
      @middleclassseabass7178 8 років тому +3

      +Eugene Khutoryansky It just takes one person knowing someone from the outside to get a link.

    • @edancoll3250
      @edancoll3250 8 років тому +2

      Eugene is a brilliant person, and I'm sure he is aware of what you are all saying. The point was that there are societies on this planet that are not _as_ connected as the rest of us youtube-commenting-smartypantses.

    • @debmullick4775
      @debmullick4775 8 років тому

      +Eugene Khutoryansky
      I feel that the experiment is conditionally stochastic in nature. Derek says in the end to send the mail to someone I would know who would have a higher probability of reaching him. The cases that you mentioned forms a null set,as the probability of the event happening is very less. I am pretty sure there must be some stochastic model to the experiment that I am not aware of.
      Thumbs up to your channel Eugene. Would be a pleasure to meet you Derek ! Cheers !

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak 5 років тому +446

    I'm just as likely to be connected to anyone here in the comment section. Don't look down on this, one of the commentors could be your wife / hubby.

    • @sciblastofficial9833
      @sciblastofficial9833 3 роки тому +6

      heyy 😍😍

    • @klemo2529
      @klemo2529 3 роки тому +21

      hey I know you, you are the friend of the friend of the father of the friend of my friend

    • @daphenomenalz4100
      @daphenomenalz4100 3 роки тому

      @@klemo2529 🤣🤣

    • @CuriousOldMan
      @CuriousOldMan 3 роки тому +7

      Is that you dad?

    • @notaplic8158
      @notaplic8158 3 роки тому +1

      No, I'm lonely. I have no wife/hubby (or anyone else for that matter).

  • @1989TheAmrita
    @1989TheAmrita 3 роки тому

    The random shot in manila was fancy ..great planning

  • @hunter21331
    @hunter21331 2 роки тому

    Thats why pls be nice to every single
    Person you meet.

  • @caliburwithak6247
    @caliburwithak6247 8 років тому +88

    More like Neil De-6 degrees of seper-yson

    • @_Killkor
      @_Killkor 8 років тому

      I'm connected to you all. Hi friends. Right?

  • @funnyfails2703
    @funnyfails2703 8 років тому +86

    Under 301...going on my resume

    • @whack9721
      @whack9721 8 років тому +26

      301 no longer exists 😢

    • @orangemanatee39
      @orangemanatee39 8 років тому +24

      +Mitchell Durand Correct, the number 301 no longer exists

    • @gustavoramos4557
      @gustavoramos4557 8 років тому +12

      +Mitchell Durand stop limiting others and yourself, bro. 301 will only cease to exist when the last man who remember it dies.

    • @xjonnyd93x
      @xjonnyd93x 8 років тому +11

      orangemanatee39 You can still be under 301, he didn't say 301+ they fixed that feature. Like I could be the 243th view or the 42.0 view; these numbers as you expect are under 301.

    • @a.v.w.odavid6979
      @a.v.w.odavid6979 8 років тому

      +Jonny lol420

  • @isakblomberg528
    @isakblomberg528 Рік тому +2

    Cheers! we hit 8 BILLION!

  • @NonTwinBrothers
    @NonTwinBrothers 6 місяців тому +1

    4:02 percolation my beloved

  • @juliankoch9921
    @juliankoch9921 3 роки тому +366

    "Just 6 handshakes will connect you to anyone else on the planet"
    2015:
    Oh that's nice
    2020:
    Don't even think of touching my hand

  • @Commander_HW
    @Commander_HW 8 років тому +217

    Sad fact: Six degrees of separation won't work on me. Cuz I got only 2 friends.

    • @Commander_HW
      @Commander_HW 8 років тому

      ***** The point is i only know my two friends who's all the way in Reno NV, i know NOBODY in Miami FL( where I live).

    • @Commander_HW
      @Commander_HW 8 років тому +2

      ***** How do you define people i know, does it include my classmates who i only talked a few times in the class and added each other on facebook then never talked again once the class is done? If you count this in then i have 44 ppl.

    • @Commander_HW
      @Commander_HW 8 років тому +3

      ***** I am a quiet and introvert person( with strangers only, i'm absolutely insane when with close friends, and i only have 2 of them), i never talk to my hair cutter cuz he's too gangster for my taste, i live in an apt so i never get to met the mail person, and i drive a car so no bus driver too. But yea about 44 persons that i have access to. And i've been here in Miami for 5 yrs now. I do have more than 200 hookup person(one time thing) though if that counts.

    • @Commander_HW
      @Commander_HW 8 років тому

      RealMasterChief117 200 is a normal number for gay men.

    • @martinshoosterman
      @martinshoosterman 8 років тому

      Commander Erik yea but who do they know? what if each of them have the full 5,000 facebook freinds.

  • @jpinoydota2gaming
    @jpinoydota2gaming 2 роки тому +1

    I recognize the place. Its in divisoria in the heart of manila. He is in a mall. Wow. I view your videos whenever i can. I like to share your channel to my son so he can learn from you as well. Thank you much!

  • @donalain69
    @donalain69 Рік тому +1

    1:24 just realized the video is 7 years old :) now its 8 billion..

  • @An-zv3sx
    @An-zv3sx 7 років тому +204

    My brother's classmate's dad is Niels deGrasse Tyson :)

  • @retrocarwash
    @retrocarwash 8 років тому +58

    if only i had friends....

    • @lukefrance9558
      @lukefrance9558 8 років тому +2

      Wanna be friends

    • @frank4page
      @frank4page 8 років тому

      luke france I don't know you but I wanna be friends with you too.

    • @TheRmbomo
      @TheRmbomo 8 років тому

      Sounds cool. Hello, I am Bomo.

    • @frank4page
      @frank4page 8 років тому +1

      Hello Bomo! I'm Francisco. I'll subscribe to you.

    • @FogFe3
      @FogFe3 8 років тому

      +axeron official iktf

  • @brianetchieson5958
    @brianetchieson5958 2 роки тому +1

    So I watch this ep, look up the V FB page, and immediately see how many of my friends also like it. Synchronicity field is strong today.

  • @marlo25alpha
    @marlo25alpha 3 роки тому

    I watched this when it came out and I was procrastinating, not getting my undergrad thesis done. 6 years later, I'm procrastinating, not getting work done.

  • @bravebooce2731
    @bravebooce2731 8 років тому +78

    when you one of the 5 buttons left behind

  • @kathys7648
    @kathys7648 8 років тому +85

    He had me at "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon"

    • @koacado
      @koacado 6 років тому +5

      He had me at Bacon

    • @lilbabytears
      @lilbabytears 5 років тому +1

      LMAO

    • @coolhacker1025
      @coolhacker1025 5 років тому +2

      I actually have a Bacon Number of 4, as I have filmed with someone who worked with Joe Spano, who had previously worked with Kevin Bacon

  • @Matstoen
    @Matstoen 3 роки тому

    There's a norwegian tv program where they test this by finding people around the world, starting at a totally random location and then set out to find a spesific known person on the other side of the world. They succeed almost every time. It's a great show!

  • @johni3080
    @johni3080 3 роки тому +2

    Now u have mathematically explain why I should socialize

  • @ellie_deli
    @ellie_deli 8 років тому +41

    They say the Universe isn't like it is..... but it do.
    -Science Man

    • @shnitzellink4833
      @shnitzellink4833 8 років тому +12

      Ethan Miller correction "some say that the universe don't be like it is, but it do.
      - Black Science Man"

    • @jeffnarum1373
      @jeffnarum1373 8 років тому

      I got a chuckle on this.

    • @Mohamedbloo
      @Mohamedbloo 8 років тому

      Racist.

    • @ellie_deli
      @ellie_deli 8 років тому

      +God Honestly, I love, no adore, Neil DeGrasse Tyson. (I think i got that spelling right) Cosmos was amazing. I also watch Nova as much as possible, though im pretty sure Tyson isn't directly related to Nova. I saw that quote on iFunny i think. I know you're probably kidding considering you said it in quotes. The actual quote is "Black Science Man", but i figured i would get to much flak for that so.... sorry for the essay btw

    • @quietackshon
      @quietackshon 8 років тому

      +God Stop beating yourself up. Everyone makes mistakes, even God.

  • @seiban8455
    @seiban8455 8 років тому +3

    7:15 wait, wait, hold on... You did not adequately prepare me for Neil Degrasse Tyson. His voice is so smooth.

  • @PuenteAJ
    @PuenteAJ 2 роки тому

    Love your videos

  • @meyakabrown795
    @meyakabrown795 3 роки тому +1

    I learned more here than in school ever.

  • @auchucknorris
    @auchucknorris 8 років тому +130

    lol all those people just walking through your shot and looking at you like wtf is he doing, wheres the camera

    • @kjpmi
      @kjpmi 8 років тому +17

      +auchucknorris It's not an invisible camera...

    • @danielbriones2938
      @danielbriones2938 7 років тому +1

      Man I wish I was there when he filmed.

  • @VisualBurrito
    @VisualBurrito 8 років тому +201

    I'm going to send a looser pair of jeans to someone I know and see if they make it to you. Your cellphone and wallet look like they are struggling to breathe haha

    • @zachhunter2720
      @zachhunter2720 8 років тому +5

      +Visual Burrito Hahah seriously here is an example from the video of his cell and wallet suffocating :) ua-cam.com/video/TcxZSmzPw8k/v-deo.htmlm33s

    • @marktyson118
      @marktyson118 8 років тому +1

      +Visual Burrito I needed a laugh. Thank you!

    • @ohokhanan
      @ohokhanan 8 років тому

      LMAO

    • @johndoh1990
      @johndoh1990 8 років тому +3

      Came here for this

  • @LeonRamkumar
    @LeonRamkumar 2 роки тому +1

    "And they tell 2 friends, and they tell 2 friends..."

  • @mobyd1852
    @mobyd1852 2 роки тому

    Great video. Hilarious how ppl looked then sped up walking by xD lol didnt notice that till the end