What exactly is 6.6 degrees of seperation???

Question

Please explain!!!

Answer 1

If you're speaking of angular separation, 6 degrees, 36 minutes of arc.

60 minutes in a degree of arc, 60 seconds in a minute of arc.  I don't know how else to answer unless you rephrase the question.  What you're asking is like "how many is 12?"

It's a measure of an angle.

Answer 2

It is, I suppose, a statistical compromise between 6 and 7 degrees of separation.

I am "tied" to X because X is married to Y who plays tennis with Z who shops with A who gets his hair done at the same place B does.  And B is my wife's friend.  So called "six degrees of separation".  I guess some people have a bunch of free time on their hands.

Here is a more "at length" description...

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/...

-Fred