Stanley Milgram from the '60s and '70s, the creator of the small-world experiments, which became later popularized as six degrees of separation, made the point that any two arbitrarily selected people were likely connected from between five to seven intermediary steps.
In de jaren 60 en 70 toonde Stanley Milgram, de uitvinder van de Small World-experimenten, die later bekender werden als de ‘six degrees of separation’, aan dat twee willekeurig gekozen personen met vijf tot zeven tussenliggende stappen aan elkaar konden worden gekoppeld.