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Laughter is a Language
This is a newsletter about the Philosophy of Humor.
Jul 25, 2019
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Why Do We Laugh at Jokes?
Laughter is Madness - King Solomon Why do we laugh? Why do we find things funny? Why do we take so much pleasure in the absurd? These questions have…
Jul 25, 2019
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Part Two: and then I had a strange dream...
One night after having thought a great deal about humor, I dreamed I lived in a world where the laws of humor were simple and predictable. In this…
Jul 25, 2019
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Maybe we should look around and see if we can’t find a back door. (part 3)
We know that some things are best known by looking to their opposite, and in the same way that studying heat helps us to better understand the cold, so…
Jul 25, 2019
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Maybe we should look around and see if we can’t find a back door. (part 3)
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But what are we to make of the absurd? (part 4)
What we have yet to achieve in these theories is a satisfying account of humor's relation to the absurd; the humor of strange riddles and inversions of…
Jul 25, 2019
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On The Social Element of Laughter. (part 5)
Up to this point, we’ve discussed how comic epiphanies can arise out of moments of apprehension or agitation. Fortunately for the sake of laughter, we…
Jul 25, 2019
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Play. (part 6)
Human beings are very creative creatures, and rather than let this strange instinct remain dormant until nature presents an occasion that makes it…
Jul 25, 2019
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But how would humor and laughter become so ubiquitous? (part 7)
No matter how nice a trait is to have, it’s not going to stick around for very long if it doesn’t bring about some advantage in one of nature’s…
Jul 25, 2019
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But how would humor and laughter become so ubiquitous? (part 7)
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That's all. (the end)
My investigations into humor have lead me to the conclusion that if there really were an alien from another planet forced to endure the conditions of…
Jul 25, 2019
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May 2019
Is a Laugh the opposite of a Scream?
Darwin wrote in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals that he would expect the sound of laughter to be as opposite as possible from the…
May 21, 2019
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Is a Laugh the opposite of a Scream?
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Is Laughter the Human Mob Cry?
When people join mobs, they go mad. They do bad things. They ignore the etiquette that’s expected of everybody else. In the 19th century, Gustave Le Bon…
May 20, 2019
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