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.
Stanley Milgram fra 60 ' erne og 70 ' erne, skaberen af verden er lille-eksperimenter, der senere blev populariseret som seks grader af adskillelse, gjorde opmærksom på at enhver to vilkårligt udvalgte mennesker sandsynligvis var forbundet af fem til syv mellemliggende trin.