How many friends can we have at the same time?
Different studies try to put figures to the mystery of human friendship They say that friends can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Whether this premise is true or not, science seems obsessed with making numbers with friendship, measuring its duration and intensity and seeking an explanation for its decreasing trend throughout life. These are some of the key numbers of friendship. 150 connections The Dunbar number is the number of stable and meaningful relationships we can maintain at the same time. It was calculated by Robin Dunbar, an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Oxford. The number … Continue reading How many friends can we have at the same time?
