4.573 degrees of separation
Calculate the number of clicks needed to get from one Wikipedia article to another.
The average is 4.573, although most random terms I’ve picked have been two to three — showing, in all likelihood, that they’re not totally random terms.
By the way, the “real article” closest to the center of Wikipedia is: United Kingdom.
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Published: Jun 01 2008
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