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My name is Brandon Taylor.
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View My FriendsHave you ever sat next to someone at a bar and felt that your paths have crossed before?
Has the thought ever crossed your mind that the stranger behind you at the store would become a significant part of your life?
In 1929, a Hungarian writer named Frigyes Karinthy put forth the idea that anyone of us could name any one person among the earth's billions of inhabitants and through, at most 5 acquaintances, connect that person back to themselves. He called it "The Theory of Centrality". Today it's more commonly known as "Six-Degrees of Separation".
Look at the pictures: seemingly random people. Do you know any of them? Do any of them know you? Do any of them know someone you know? Odds are that the answer to anyone of these questions is yes.Perhaps they've crossed paths with you, or a loved one, years ago at work, at home, on a trip. Throughout the world, connections are constantly being made. Which begs the question; are chance encounters a matter of coincidence, or a matter of fate? Open your eyes and look around you.
Mathematically, in a world of billions, is the theory plausible? And if so, is it possible that seemingly random connections have significance? Are these meetings mere chance? Or could there be a larger picture that has yet to come into focus?
The only thing we can be sure of is: in the beginning, it all starts with one person.