Stop the Presses: 6 Degrees Not True?
Could be. A fresh look at the research nets an upsetting conclusion: the experiment largely failed.
But...it may not really matter. From the article:
It is just as likely, though, that Milgram was wrong. But if we don't live in a small world after all, why do people find this idea so easy to believe? My research suggests that first, the belief that we live in a small world gives people a sense of security, a feeling that we are all somehow holding hands. And small world experiences that we encounter naturally buttress people's religious faith as evidence of "design."
Maybe the notion of 6 degrees is far more interesting and insightful into the human condition that the actual connectedness of humanity.
