The dumbar number is the number of participants in a conversation beyond which it becomes counter-productive.
The number is unique to every conversation. Some conversations have a dumbar number of 5 while some can go up to double digits depending on the mental stability, social intelligence and epistemic humility of the speakers.
Not to be confused with Dunbar’s number, which is the maximum number of social relationships a person has the cognitive capacity to maintain. So while Dunbar’s number poses a challenge to scaling trust and social cohesion in increasingly large groups, the dumbar number poses a challenge to scaling rational discourse in increasingly large conversations.
The number is unique to every conversation. Some conversations have a dumbar number of 5 while some can go up to double digits depending on the mental stability, social intelligence and epistemic humility of the speakers.
Not to be confused with Dunbar’s number, which is the maximum number of social relationships a person has the cognitive capacity to maintain. So while Dunbar’s number poses a challenge to scaling trust and social cohesion in increasingly large groups, the dumbar number poses a challenge to scaling rational discourse in increasingly large conversations.
I’m leaving, this conversation is way past the dumbar number.
You’re so dumb, you lower any conversation’s dumbar number to one by joining it.
Man, I wish we had social media that increased the dumbar number across the board.
You’re so dumb, you lower any conversation’s dumbar number to one by joining it.
Man, I wish we had social media that increased the dumbar number across the board.
by dumbar November 14, 2023
by The ass smoker November 25, 2021
1- uh, HEY look! An Overwhelming Number Of Beavers
2- Let me in before I let out An overwhelming Amount Of Beavers, and you're gonna be the one cleaning it up.
2- Let me in before I let out An overwhelming Amount Of Beavers, and you're gonna be the one cleaning it up.
by icecreamsometimesisn'tenough September 18, 2016
An unlucky number in the somalia. It gives bad luck to those who use it. It's seen frowned upon in somalia as well. People most likely use it to mock others they don't like. It's more like sarcastic mocking. An example is Number 32, get back to the field. (there are many fields in somalia, so it's saying that they are incompetent with life).
by dubbIebunny May 26, 2021
- We went to shopping mall during work time, then had another lunch break, went home after and then clocked out 2 hours later.
- Soft number lad!
- Soft number lad!
by UsernameTHC November 11, 2022
A capital number= A number at the beginning of a series of numbers, example 57885557 the 5 would be the capital number. Only 1 through 9 may be capital numbers, except for proper numbers (0, 11, 12 ). Proper numbers are capital numbers as well (except at the beginning of a series of numbers) Example 115663 a 1 is the capital number not 11.
You dot your capital numbers or proper numbers, decimals are also capitals and should be dotted. Dot on the top for reading right to left, on the bottom for reading left to right. Capital numbers are also the hours on a clock, they are capitals because they represent more than one number, for example 1am is also 1pm. Always leave a decimal beside solitary capital numbers, always dot your decimals and always check your time.
You dot your capital numbers or proper numbers, decimals are also capitals and should be dotted. Dot on the top for reading right to left, on the bottom for reading left to right. Capital numbers are also the hours on a clock, they are capitals because they represent more than one number, for example 1am is also 1pm. Always leave a decimal beside solitary capital numbers, always dot your decimals and always check your time.
by I am inside of you. April 28, 2023
'A Right Number Six' is used in reference to a person who is generally a spanner and thinks, usually in a sporting context, that they are better then they actually are. They also have a loud mouth and utilse this annoying all.
Bob: Did you see that centre half, a prize pillock whenever I have seen one.
Jim: Yeah, a Right Number Six.
Jim: Yeah, a Right Number Six.
by Wind. July 05, 2010