You and a date are at a cocktail party. as you pluck a drink off a tray, you turn and almost run into actor idris elba of luther fame. you discover after a short chat that he knows your date. you remark that it sure is a small world and that maybe that six degrees thing is true. in his interview with dalton conley, duncan watts confirms the work of stanley milgram, but also notes that the "six degrees" idea can apply to

You and a date , but also note that the six degree idea can apply to DISJOINTED POPULATION.
Stanley Milgram is the scholar who developed the six degree idea of separation. This means that you can meet a new person who knows the people that you know.
The six degree of separation is a view that all living things and every other thing in the world are six or fewer steps away from one another.
Duncan Watts confirmed the work of Stanley Milgram during an interview and also added that the six degree idea can be applied to disjointed population.