Sunday, September 23, 2012

Social Networks and Mythology

via Wired Top Stories by Samuel Arbesman on 9/11/12

Scientists analyzed the social networks presented in several fictional mythological stories, including Beowulf, the Iliad, and the Tain, an epic Irish poem. Some myths showed properties similar to real-life networks, where highly connected individuals are also connected to one another, suggesting they may have some basis in reality.

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