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Since the 1920s, sociologists, psychologists, and mathematicians have been using various experimental setups to investigate how tightly connected the world’s social networks are. A popular hypothesis suggests that each individual is connected to others through a maximum of six contacts. This is why we also talk about “six degrees of separation.”
time network Looks at the topic in its own unique way: It only considers a relationship between two people if it has a photo showing the two of them together. Hundreds of couples can try it on the website. You select two people or let the website randomly select two people and click “Match”.
The website then presents a sequence of photographic evidence, enriched with lots of additional information about the people depicted. The relationship between psychologist Geoffrey Miller and ska musician Staza comes to light through American podcaster Joe Rogan and Canadian interviewer Nardvuor the Human Servant.
While many research approaches examine social interactions over a limited period of time, networks of time also have an interesting temporal aspect: a lot of time can elapse between photos on the platform. Therefore, the relationship found between two people can last for many decades.
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