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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. Its really sad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Sorry to troll, but with all the issues in the world right now, we have researchers studying the marvel universe?
    Can't you help out with the genome project? Help fight against Cancer? Help eliminate genetic diseases? I mean COME ON! The Marvel Universe?

    I can't BELIEVE people PAY for research like this! Put your money into something WORTHWHILE!