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Elim Garak to David Garrick: 13 over 3
posted by mwhybark at 8:34 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by mwhybark at 8:34 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
Benjamin Lee Whorf to Worf, son of Mogh: 4 over 3
posted by mwhybark at 8:38 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
I can’t find any pair more than 3 degrees away.
posted by Grandysaur at 8:44 PM on February 28, 2018
posted by Grandysaur at 8:44 PM on February 28, 2018
It feels like being able to use the References section is cheating, but aunno.
posted by KChasm at 8:45 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by KChasm at 8:45 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
Whew! I got my first four-degree-er. Bokononism to Kenton Grua.
posted by Grandysaur at 8:51 PM on February 28, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Grandysaur at 8:51 PM on February 28, 2018 [1 favorite]
4 degrees! Polyurethane>>Exo (band)
Best game? Best game.
posted by q*ben at 8:57 PM on February 28, 2018
Best game? Best game.
posted by q*ben at 8:57 PM on February 28, 2018
This is awesome.
Can anyone find 5 degrees with only a single path? Haven't managed that yet but I did find a 1/4:
Erdős–Faber–Lovász conjecture -> Diamond Bar High School
...which uses the surprising fact that Hank Aaron and Paul Erdős once autographed a baseball together
posted by equalpants at 9:18 PM on February 28, 2018 [4 favorites]
Can anyone find 5 degrees with only a single path? Haven't managed that yet but I did find a 1/4:
Erdős–Faber–Lovász conjecture -> Diamond Bar High School
...which uses the surprising fact that Hank Aaron and Paul Erdős once autographed a baseball together
posted by equalpants at 9:18 PM on February 28, 2018 [4 favorites]
I managed to find a 7-degree connection (582 paths!) by hitting up the random article page and looking for stubs:
O-phosphoserine sulfhydrylase to Gunnar Knudsenfjella (mountain in Svalbard)
posted by Lirp at 9:34 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
O-phosphoserine sulfhydrylase to Gunnar Knudsenfjella (mountain in Svalbard)
posted by Lirp at 9:34 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
equalpants: Here's a six-degree single path!
Larry Christman (American politician) to Gunnar Knudsenfjella (mountain in Svalbard)
posted by Lirp at 9:39 PM on February 28, 2018 [1 favorite]
Larry Christman (American politician) to Gunnar Knudsenfjella (mountain in Svalbard)
posted by Lirp at 9:39 PM on February 28, 2018 [1 favorite]
Oh wow, nice!
Another challenge: find a pair where the degree from A->B is much greater than the degree from B->A.
A difference of 1 isn't hard. I haven't found a difference of 2 yet...
posted by equalpants at 9:39 PM on February 28, 2018
Another challenge: find a pair where the degree from A->B is much greater than the degree from B->A.
A difference of 1 isn't hard. I haven't found a difference of 2 yet...
posted by equalpants at 9:39 PM on February 28, 2018
A—B: 1 path, 3 degrees.
B—A: 156 paths, 4 degrees.
posted by Grandysaur at 10:07 PM on February 28, 2018 [3 favorites]
B—A: 156 paths, 4 degrees.
posted by Grandysaur at 10:07 PM on February 28, 2018 [3 favorites]
Isn't there some aphorism about how nothing's more than two links away from the Second World War?
Oh look:
Found 6 paths with 2 degrees of separation from MetaFilter to World War II
posted by pompomtom at 10:14 PM on February 28, 2018 [1 favorite]
Oh look:
Found 6 paths with 2 degrees of separation from MetaFilter to World War II
posted by pompomtom at 10:14 PM on February 28, 2018 [1 favorite]
Heh... one of the paths is "Metafilter->Peer Pressure->World War II".
Anyway, I'm off to invade Manchuria. All the cool kids are doing it.
posted by pompomtom at 10:15 PM on February 28, 2018 [7 favorites]
Anyway, I'm off to invade Manchuria. All the cool kids are doing it.
posted by pompomtom at 10:15 PM on February 28, 2018 [7 favorites]
aw come on guys i was just about to go to bed
Anal cleansing -> Metafilter
5 / 3
If there weren't links to "public domain" in the references section, we'd be harder to find!
posted by numaner at 10:16 PM on February 28, 2018
Anal cleansing -> Metafilter
5 / 3
If there weren't links to "public domain" in the references section, we'd be harder to find!
posted by numaner at 10:16 PM on February 28, 2018
4 / 339 for Rezz -> The Book of Five Rings
Only 4/8 the other way
posted by poe at 2:05 AM on March 1, 2018
Only 4/8 the other way
posted by poe at 2:05 AM on March 1, 2018
Found 27 paths with 4 degrees of separation from Butts to LOLposted by EndsOfInvention at 5:07 AM on March 1, 2018
My son likes to play "Wiki Races" where you compete on who can get from one Wikipedia page to another the quickest. The rules are:
posted by ShooBoo at 7:45 AM on March 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
- At the start, someone chooses a Wikipedia page to start on, and another person chooses the one to end on.
- After the first race, start from the last Wikipedia page in the previous race and a non-winner of the previous race gets to chose the next page to race to.
- You can only go forward by clinking links to other Wikipedia pages in the text of the page you're on.
- No back arrow allowed.
- No use of the "Find" key.
- No use of any Wikipedia tools like "What links here?"
posted by ShooBoo at 7:45 AM on March 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
I wish this would show where the actual link is. For instance, I put in "penguin" and "flamingo," and it says they're directly connected, but ctrl+f "flamingo" on the "penguin" page reveals nothing.
posted by zeusianfog at 10:08 AM on March 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by zeusianfog at 10:08 AM on March 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
I viewed page source and then ctrl+f for "flamingo" and the word was "Phoenicopteriformes"
posted by numaner at 11:23 AM on March 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by numaner at 11:23 AM on March 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
Welp, this is awkward...
No path of Wikipedia links exists from Larry Storch to Anal leakage.
HA!
posted by Splunge at 11:47 AM on March 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
No path of Wikipedia links exists from Larry Storch to Anal leakage.
HA!
posted by Splunge at 11:47 AM on March 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
Damnit, can't get more than 4 with even things like "Continental drift" => "A.1. Sauce"! That one actually included Bill Gates in one path... *sheesh*
posted by TigerMoth at 1:03 PM on March 1, 2018
posted by TigerMoth at 1:03 PM on March 1, 2018
Putin -> Trump
1 degree of separation
FINALLY PROOF
posted by mcstayinskool at 7:08 PM on March 1, 2018 [3 favorites]
1 degree of separation
FINALLY PROOF
posted by mcstayinskool at 7:08 PM on March 1, 2018 [3 favorites]
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Felching->CNN: 2 paths, 2 degrees.
This is the new best thing.
posted by meehawl at 8:29 PM on February 28, 2018