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(For new reader and those who request 好友请求, please read my 公告栏 first).
Professor Wang Hong Fei, well known to readers of these pages, and I have never met.
We are in completely different fields of endeavor and born in different generations. But
we share some common views and opinions about the nature of science and technology,
its administration and policy, and love for China. Ordinarily we probably would go
through our lives never have known or heard of each other. But through the modern
miracle of the Internet and the Chinese Science Net Blog pages, we become aware of
each other and our common interest since I started here four months ago. It is also by
lucky accident that I found out in time that he will be attending the American chemical
Society biannual meeting in Boston this week. Through e-mails, we arrange to meet for
the first time on August 20.
He, his student Rao Li, and myself spend a enjoyable lunch and afternoon visit to the
Minuteman National Historical Park (of the American Revolution) in Lexington and
Concord, Massachusetts. We found out that we actually have several mutual friends and
acquaintances (separated only by one hop in connection, i.e., I know someone who
knows him). This is another illustration that everyone in the world is connected by
maximal six degree of separation. Hooray for globalization and modern technology!
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