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Post by Ferrrrrre on May 30, 2010 11:59:07 GMT -5
.. or are we not?
I believe that EVERY single person with the same last name is family of each other.. not really the family like we all know it (mothers, brothers, sisters, etc.) but they have a similar family tree and therefore they are connected in a way..
The same with friends, you know at least 3 persons who know other person you also know..
What do you guys about the whole connection? Are we connected or not?
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Post by Cortney on May 30, 2010 12:06:36 GMT -5
Well, last names originated from trades if I remember correctly, and not all butchers were related. =P However, there have been a lot of generations since then, so maybe we ARE all related.
I do believe in the friend thing, though. What about that thing where you can connect yourself to ANYBODY through 6 people?
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Post by Nakor on May 30, 2010 12:26:19 GMT -5
It's easy to say we're all related to some extent -- all life on Earth is related to some extent. Even the family dog is somewhere on my millions-of-years-old family tree. The question is, how far back do you consider related? Or perhaps more pertinent to this particular concept, are strangers with the same last name actually more likely to be related to you than strangers with a different last name?
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Post by Lex on May 30, 2010 12:51:19 GMT -5
It's easy to say we're all related to some extent -- all life on Earth is related to some extent. Even the family dog is somewhere on my millions-of-years-old family tree. The question is, how far back do you consider related? Or perhaps more pertinent to this particular concept, are strangers with the same last name actually more likely to be related to you than strangers with a different last name? You got to it before me. |
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Post by penguinpalsrkewl on May 30, 2010 13:12:10 GMT -5
I dunno about relations but I am interested in that whole connection to ANYBODY in 6 ways. Name ANYBODY in the world and I'd find a connection to him/her in 6 or less... people.
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Post by Linus on May 30, 2010 13:31:51 GMT -5
I do believe in the friend thing, though. What about that thing where you can connect yourself to ANYBODY through 6 people? Six Degrees of Separation? |
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Post by krzych32 on May 30, 2010 13:59:14 GMT -5
everyone of the planet is everyone's 15th cousin, or something like that.
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Post by Cortney on May 30, 2010 16:15:36 GMT -5
Six Degrees of Separation? YEAH THAT. I think that's really neat. Interesting stuff, indeed. |
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Post by Johncoyne on May 30, 2010 22:02:59 GMT -5
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon?!
But seriously, this really interests me. Well, give it about 50 years and Ancestry.com will find a way.
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Post by marcy on May 31, 2010 6:27:59 GMT -5
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Post by penguinpalsrkewl on May 31, 2010 15:11:42 GMT -5
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon?! But seriously, this really interests me. Well, give it about 50 years and Ancestry.com will find a way. Actually yes. Last year in my video film class, my teacher brought in this guest who he's friends with. He's an actor who worked with Kevin Bacon once (we watched a clip of it, forgot what it was of though). So let's see. Kevin Bacon>That guy> Me> you. That's only 4 degrees! |
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Post by GojuRyuKarateWolf on May 31, 2010 16:15:11 GMT -5
Basically: You know people, those people know other people, those people know other people, and so on. Everyone is related somehow...now that I think of it...what if your husband/wife or whatever is your 267th degree cousin o.O lol.
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Post by penguinpalsrkewl on May 31, 2010 22:42:13 GMT -5
WE ALL LIVE IN A WORLD FULL OF INCEST.
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#cookies.. 
