Tapan and Ishan stumble upon statistical paradoxes in this recording of Panoptic Conversations. They are fascinated by the social network phenomenon that your friends have more friends than you and how, of all things, they'll use this to optimize their LinkedIn connections. They also talk about Simpon's paradox, Zipf's Law, Six degrees of separation and the hilarious Kevin Bacon number. Tune in to this episode and be introduced to an eclectic set of paradoxes and trivia.
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