The Big Test

[james_m246]

Hey guys, I just randomly started a "Big Test" to find out if everyone knows everyone (read on, it does make sense really).

What I've done is sent and email to all my friends telling them to send it to all their friends e.t.c. But each time the email is sent I get it sent to me too with their town/city so I can see how far its going aswell as how big.

But my question is do you think it will work and how long do you think it will last?

If you go to http://the-big-test.blogspot.com I'll be updating it with the figures and such regularly.

[james_m246]

Come on where is everyone?!?

[vehelpfulguy]

First your link does not work.

Second, it just sounds like a big excuse the send loads of spam e-mails to me.

[james_m246]

Ok, if you type it into the address bar it works and I wasn't suggesting that I want to send emails to you I have only sent them to my friends who will in turn send them to their friends.

If I sent one to you it would completely mess up the whole thing!

[ugly_bob]

yeah, but if anyone who has ever used the internet before recieves it, they will delete it immediately

[tomd]

You should look at Milgram's 'Small World' / 'Six Degrees of Seperation' experiment - he did something similar, but sent postcards to random people, and they had to find their way back to another unconnected person. They knew their first name, and his occupation, and had to pass it to someone who they thought might know them, and in turn they did the same.

Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_se paration

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_world_pheno menon

[tomd]

The theory is that everyone in the world could be connected to anyone else by six acquaintances.