Comments on: Six Degrees of Sir Francis Bacon: August Wilson http://www.shakespeareteacher.com/blog/archives/214 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:12:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bill http://www.shakespeareteacher.com/blog/archives/214#comment-1144 Bill Tue, 29 May 2007 01:36:43 +0000 http://www.shakespeareteacher.com/blog/archives/214#comment-1144 DeLisa, I don't see the link from Faulkner to Grant. There's also not a good link from Grant to Jefferson (boxed links don't count according to the <a href=http://www.shakespeareteacher.com/blog/six-degrees-of-sir-francis-bacon/ rel="nofollow">rules</a>). So, the challenge is still open. DeLisa, I don’t see the link from Faulkner to Grant. There’s also not a good link from Grant to Jefferson (boxed links don’t count according to the rules).

So, the challenge is still open.

]]> By: DeLisa http://www.shakespeareteacher.com/blog/archives/214#comment-1140 DeLisa Mon, 28 May 2007 01:48:50 +0000 http://www.shakespeareteacher.com/blog/archives/214#comment-1140 And I LOVE this game. Just the way it is. And see - no Shakes above! :-) And I LOVE this game. Just the way it is. And see - no Shakes above! :-)

]]> By: DeLisa http://www.shakespeareteacher.com/blog/archives/214#comment-1139 DeLisa Mon, 28 May 2007 01:48:24 +0000 http://www.shakespeareteacher.com/blog/archives/214#comment-1139 Wilson -> Faulkner-> Ulysses S. Grant-> Thomas Jefferson->Francis Bacon Wilson -> Faulkner-> Ulysses S. Grant-> Thomas Jefferson->Francis Bacon

]]> By: Bill http://www.shakespeareteacher.com/blog/archives/214#comment-1129 Bill Sat, 26 May 2007 18:56:59 +0000 http://www.shakespeareteacher.com/blog/archives/214#comment-1129 Sir Francis Bacon was an English statesman, philospher, and scientist who lived around the time of Shakespeare. He was one of those rare minds, like Leonardo DaVinci and Benjamin Franklin, who excelled in numerous fields. This makes him a good choice for the game. You can read the Wikipedia entry for more, but I guess the most important thing about him is that he created the scientific method. He argued that instead of following the church's version of science, people should form hypotheses and test them against observable data. It seems pretty obvious now, but at the time it was revolutionary. Some people say that he wrote the plays of Shakespeare, but there isn't really any evidence to support that. The idea that two of the most transcendent geniuses in human history lived in the same city at the same time is truly remarkable, but that seems to be what happened. It's kind of like Liverpool in the 1960's. Anyway, he's also got the same last name as Kevin Bacon, who is the subject of the original game that this one is based on. Five Degrees of Shakespeare loses the verbal joke. But feel free to play it as Five Degrees of Shakespeare, if you like. Ken got the one two weeks ago by linking to Bacon through Elizabeth I. I believe you can also get to Bacon through Thomas Jefferson and Edgar Allan Poe. Enjoy! Sir Francis Bacon was an English statesman, philospher, and scientist who lived around the time of Shakespeare. He was one of those rare minds, like Leonardo DaVinci and Benjamin Franklin, who excelled in numerous fields. This makes him a good choice for the game.

You can read the Wikipedia entry for more, but I guess the most important thing about him is that he created the scientific method. He argued that instead of following the church’s version of science, people should form hypotheses and test them against observable data. It seems pretty obvious now, but at the time it was revolutionary.

Some people say that he wrote the plays of Shakespeare, but there isn’t really any evidence to support that. The idea that two of the most transcendent geniuses in human history lived in the same city at the same time is truly remarkable, but that seems to be what happened. It’s kind of like Liverpool in the 1960’s.

Anyway, he’s also got the same last name as Kevin Bacon, who is the subject of the original game that this one is based on. Five Degrees of Shakespeare loses the verbal joke. But feel free to play it as Five Degrees of Shakespeare, if you like. Ken got the one two weeks ago by linking to Bacon through Elizabeth I. I believe you can also get to Bacon through Thomas Jefferson and Edgar Allan Poe.

Enjoy!

]]> By: Brian http://www.shakespeareteacher.com/blog/archives/214#comment-1123 Brian Sat, 26 May 2007 05:56:57 +0000 http://www.shakespeareteacher.com/blog/archives/214#comment-1123 I'm finally going to ask: who the hell is Sir Francis Bacon? Can we just call the came 5 degrees of Shakespeare? I’m finally going to ask: who the hell is Sir Francis Bacon? Can we just call the came 5 degrees of Shakespeare?

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