Question: According to the tiny world experiment, there are only 5.2 intermediates between any two people on Earth (thus 6-degree of separation). This is a remark

According to the tiny world experiment, there are only 5.2 intermediates between any two people on Earth (thus 6-degree of separation). This is a remark that has been made for well over half a century. The Internet may be useful in this regard. Let's pretend that everyone on Earth doubles their friend count on Facebook, Twitter, and every other social network they participate in (2x). Calculate the relative distance between us now. What do you think it is?

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