Message from @Jacob
Discord ID: 519262700199477268
DC....Oh, I think I know who you are.
*uh oh*
I have a reputation
Yeah, sadly I have long surpassed my Dunbar number.
"ability to put a name to every face on command"
But I am sure I will remember you
The Dunbar number that is generally given seems way too high
No way I can maintain stable social relations with 150 people
Huh,
I guess I had my definition a bit skewed.
Inclined to agree here, Jacob.
" Dunbar explained it informally as "the number of people you would not feel embarrassed about joining uninvited for a drink if you happened to bump into them in a bar".
@Asatru Artist - MD I wouldn’t get used to it
Pretty sure you're both Tolkien nerds, no?
" This number was first proposed in the 1990s by British anthropologist Robin Dunbar, who found a correlation between primate brain size and average social group size."
Uhh oh, does this mean that if you don't have a Chad 150 person social group, you're literally small brained?
"Dunbar theorised that "this limit is a direct function of relative neocortex size, and that this in turn limits group size [...] the limit imposed by neocortical processing capacity is simply on the number of individuals with whom a stable inter-personal relationship can be maintained"."
Any Chads here with a massive neocortex?
let me break out the ruler real quick and check
About to pick up my new dog today <:teehee:381917632359563264>
Quick survey: how many "stable social relations" do you guys have right now?
Well they are supposed to be green skinned so I dunno
Define stable social relationship
She's a retreiver mix, I'm adopting her
There was a Pitt there that was super nice but I'm not a huge fan
Nooo!! I must get Santa hat
My apartment has a thing against them and he was put in for resource guarding
Basically he doesn't get along with others well
He was super buff tho
@William Russell Ya, that's the thing, it's hard to define. Dunbar defined it informally as the number of people you'd feel comfortable joining uninvited at a bar, but I'd be a bit unconfirmed doing that to *anyone*.
I would say anyone you talk to regularly. Like, they could contact you right now and you wouldn't think anything of it.
@StevePines -WA Should have gotten a German Shepherd because blacks don't like them
@Jacob I’ve got a solid 10 twitter followers so there’s that 😎
cool kid here
@Alex Kolchak - NY didnt follow me back
@Jacob I would say 20-30 based on the bar definition
Why would I have a santa hat when I don't celebrate Christmas?☪
One anthropologist proposes a Dunbar number of 290. Seems insane to me that you could even maintain passive relations with that many people.
I’ve worked for the public for nearly a decade tho
They had a German Shepherd but it was in a pair with another dog
I counted 14 stable social relations and I already find it difficult to maintain contact with everyone. No idea how I would possibly keep track of 150 people. @Asatru Artist - MD