Evolution And Laughter

Discussion in 'Agnosticism and Atheism' started by TheSamantha, Sep 28, 2016.

  1. heeh2

    heeh2 Senior Member

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    The funny part of a joke is usually how absurd it is.

    "at which point you realize life is but a joke, and the laugh is on you. Thats funny, right?"

    We laugh because we can. This moment will never happen again and i can either spend it laughing or commiserating
     
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  2. Irminsul

    Irminsul Valkyrie

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    why dont animals laugh then?
     
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  3. guerillabedlam

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    This is just a musing but my initial inclination is to view humor as like a secondary or tertiary aspect to laughter. I don't think humor is necessarily fundamental to the direct activity of laughing, humor seems like a phenomena that requires complex language structures, some sort of organized tribe/community, and structured lifestyles. I'd view humor as more a sociological phenomena than a biological one.


    Things like laughter from being tickled or tripping on Psychedelic Mushrooms seem to have a more primal quality about them then the constructs of humor.
     
  4. TheSamantha

    TheSamantha Member

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    And why do babies laugh so much more, at the most mundane things? Also, do women really laugh more hysterically, with men not doing so?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4abiHdQpc
     
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  5. TheSamantha

    TheSamantha Member

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    Good questions. I wonder why no one has made a concerted attempt to investigate the true nature of humor. Maybe they're afraid it will cause humor to disappear.
     
  6. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    lol
     
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  7. Irminsul

    Irminsul Valkyrie

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    I actually think she has a point. I better laugh twice as hard at the next person I see hurt themselves on top20 countdown.
     
  8. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    There are more than one reason to laugh. Laughing at another person misfortune in order to feel good yourself is of course easily connected to our more basic/primal feelings. And yes, it works. Seeing people go spastic on a banana peel never gets old.
     

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