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Marvel Universe Is Almost Like *Real Life* Society

Posted by Hemos on from the scary-as-heck dept.

TheMatt writes "Scientists at the University of the Balearic Isles have analyzed the Marvel Universe and found that it is almost like real society. The team studied the statistical properties of each character, the books they were in, and who else appeared in them (through resources like the MCP). While there were some similarities to real society, a close look revealed the artificiality. For example, the MU isn't very clustered, only 1.5x that of a random network; real life is about 10x more clustered. Of course, the realities of comics (the business) are why this occurs. Also, they found the most networked of all Marvel heroes was Steve Rogers, Captain America himself."

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  1. FP BITCHES! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    AC Rulez!

  2. this is not the first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this is definitely not the first post

    please mod it -1, offtopic

  3. pf! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    pirst fost!

  4. I have gotten the honor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I so deserve to be FP in here I love comics

  5. More here: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Link

  6. I am I am I am by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Spiderman! And I can do anything

  7. Re:'nuff said by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    g0 C@|\|@D@!

  8. Six Degrees of Captain America? by Chagatai · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So, is Captain America the Marvel Universe's version of Kevin Bacon? If so, let's play "Six Degrees of Captain America". Here are three inital people: Howard the Duck; ROM, Spaceknight; and any of the Seven Dwarves. I leave the rest to you.

    --
    --Chag
  9. You? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You read it... how do you fit in given your comment above?

    What?

    Was that the sound of your fanboy ass being pierced by your awe inspiring intellect and poignant commentary?

    You betcha!

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  11. Re:Umm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Have you heard of google?

  12. MS conspiracy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In light of the new URL convention for slashdot (SECTION.slashdot.org where SECTION can be apple, ask, ..., etc.) which looks suspiciously MS IIS-like, I just queried Netcraft to find out what type of server the site is running. The results were astonishing!

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  13. I'll mod this M$ spy for -infinity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The only thing that is astonishing is your inaccuracy for the result, and idiocy that came with it. All of the subdomains you have mentioned never existed. NONE OF THE SITES MATCHING SLASHDOT.ORG RUNS ANYTHING BUT LINUX.