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entertainment1 year ago•2 min saved

"Stockard Channing's Motherly Bond with Will Smith on 'Six Degrees' Set"

Stockard Channing reflects on her experience working with Will Smith on the set of 'Six Degrees of Separation,' describing her feelings as "motherly" towards the young actor despite his infatuation with her. Channing praises Smith's genuine charm and survival instinct, recalling their natural chemistry during filming. In Smith's memoir, he admits to falling in love with Channing while being newly married and a new father, but Channing insists there was nothing romantic from her side, describing Smith as "absolutely adorable" and a "sweetheart."

via Hollywood Reporter|

#entertainment #hollywood #memoir

science2 years ago•6 min saved

The Science Behind Six Degrees of Separation

A recent study explains the social phenomenon of six degrees of separation using mathematics. The balance between the cost and benefit of maintaining social connections shapes the global human social network, resulting in an average of six steps between any two people. This explains why ideas, trends, and even diseases can spread globally within a few transmission steps. The study shows that our connected world enables rapid spread of information and diseases, but also creates a platform for global collaboration.

via Neuroscience News|

#cost-benefit-analysis #global-collaboration #mathematics