# Metadata Source URL:: https://fermatslibrary.com/s/why-your-friends-have-more-friends-than-you-do#email-newsletter Topics:: #humans --- # Why Your Friends Have More Friends than You Do annotated/explained version. Fermat's Library is a platform for illuminating academic papers. ## Highlights > [!quote]+ Updated on 051022_091413 > > The term >"class size >paradox" >can be considered >a >generic >term for >all >phenomena >that arise where >classes are >of varied sizes, >members of those >classes >disproportionately >experience >the >larger classes, >and most individ- >uals therefore >experience >the >average >class size as >larger >than >it >is. >Such >phenomena >are often >more than >mathematical >curiosities; they have >im- >plications >for how >people >experience >and >respond to >various aspects >of >their >environments.