Back in the 1960's, a certain psychologist, notorious for an earlier piece of work, ran an experiment in an attempt to make some determinations regarding social "connectedness." From this experiment came an expression that became the title of a play and also inspired a game. Who was the psychologist, what did he do, and what is the expression?

zbeckabee

I'll throw out: Timothy Leary -- As a 1960s counterculture icon, he is most famous as a proponent of the therapeutic and spiritual benefits of LSD. He coined and popularized the catch phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary#Influence_on_others Apr 29 07, 5:23 PM

zbeckabee

Timothy Leary -- Advocate of psychedelic drug research and use, Co-founder of The International Foundation for Internal Freedom in 1962 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and along with Richard Alpert conducted The Harvard Psilocybin Project. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary#Psychedelic_experiments_and_experiences Apr 29 07, 5:28 PM

lanfranco

No, sorry, zbeck. Leary was not involved in this experiment. It did not involve a drug. Focus on the play and the game. And the word "connectedness." I included these for a reason. I might emphasize that I earlier asked a question about this psychologist's most notorious experiment. Apr 29 07, 5:32 PM

trident87

Stanley Milgram He conducted the "small-world experiment" from which the "Six Degrees of Separation" game (aka Kevin Bacon game) originated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Milgram Apr 29 07, 5:58 PM

lanfranco

Very nice, Trident. Milgram, as I indicated in my earlier question, became notorious for his very controversial "Obedience to Authority" experiment, inspired by the trial of Adolf Eichmann. On the "Small World Phenomenon": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_world_phenomenon Apr 29 07, 6:10 PM