Message from @StevePines -WA

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2018-12-03 21:12:34 UTC  

"ability to put a name to every face on command"

2018-12-03 21:12:41 UTC  

But I am sure I will remember you

2018-12-03 21:13:02 UTC  

The Dunbar number that is generally given seems way too high

2018-12-03 21:13:45 UTC  

No way I can maintain stable social relations with 150 people

2018-12-03 21:14:32 UTC  

Huh,

2018-12-03 21:14:42 UTC  

I guess I had my definition a bit skewed.

2018-12-03 21:14:49 UTC  

Inclined to agree here, Jacob.

2018-12-03 21:15:09 UTC  

" 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".

2018-12-03 21:15:30 UTC  

@Asatru Artist - MD I wouldn’t get used to it

2018-12-03 21:17:03 UTC  

Pretty sure you're both Tolkien nerds, no?

2018-12-03 21:18:15 UTC  

" 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?

2018-12-03 21:19:41 UTC  

"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?

2018-12-03 21:20:22 UTC  

let me break out the ruler real quick and check

2018-12-03 21:24:11 UTC  

About to pick up my new dog today <:teehee:381917632359563264>

2018-12-03 21:24:12 UTC  

Quick survey: how many "stable social relations" do you guys have right now?

2018-12-03 21:24:35 UTC  

I'm trying to find out how accurate this Dunbar number is

2018-12-03 21:24:37 UTC  

Well they are supposed to be green skinned so I dunno

2018-12-03 21:24:40 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/481597551272001546/519262721649278976/1eae1ba9-ee44-4e0a-8a08-b8f878d16f5c.jpg

2018-12-03 21:24:46 UTC  

Define stable social relationship

2018-12-03 21:25:02 UTC  

She's a retreiver mix, I'm adopting her

2018-12-03 21:25:36 UTC  

There was a Pitt there that was super nice but I'm not a huge fan

2018-12-03 21:25:51 UTC  

Nooo!! I must get Santa hat

2018-12-03 21:26:23 UTC  

My apartment has a thing against them and he was put in for resource guarding

2018-12-03 21:26:37 UTC  

Basically he doesn't get along with others well

2018-12-03 21:26:56 UTC  

He was super buff tho

2018-12-03 21:27:35 UTC  

@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.

2018-12-03 21:28:09 UTC  

@StevePines -WA Should have gotten a German Shepherd because blacks don't like them

2018-12-03 21:28:18 UTC  

@Jacob I’ve got a solid 10 twitter followers so there’s that 😎

2018-12-03 21:28:55 UTC  

cool kid here

2018-12-03 21:30:15 UTC  

@Alex Kolchak - NY didnt follow me back

2018-12-03 21:30:25 UTC  

@Jacob I would say 20-30 based on the bar definition

2018-12-03 21:30:30 UTC  

Why would I have a santa hat when I don't celebrate Christmas?☪

2018-12-03 21:30:32 UTC  

One anthropologist proposes a Dunbar number of 290. Seems insane to me that you could even maintain passive relations with that many people.

2018-12-03 21:30:38 UTC  

I’ve worked for the public for nearly a decade tho

2018-12-03 21:32:02 UTC  

They had a German Shepherd but it was in a pair with another dog

2018-12-03 21:32:20 UTC  

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

2018-12-03 21:32:44 UTC  

@StevePines -WA like you had to buy both at a time?

2018-12-03 21:33:01 UTC  

I have well over 150+ I would engage in conversation with if I seen them in public tho. Just pleasantries or what not

2018-12-03 21:33:51 UTC  

Yeah

2018-12-03 21:33:57 UTC  

Apparently in some European countries they find them weird