Hidden Brain: Humor Us

Science Rules! with Bill Nye

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🗓️ 27 May 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Science Rules! Presents is a series of science-focused episodes from some of our favorite shows. This week we’re featuring Hidden Brain's “Humor Us.” Hahaha! The average four-year-old child laughs 300 times a day. By contrast, it takes more than two months for the average 40-year-old adult to laugh that many times. This week, we talk with behavioral scientist Jennifer Aaker of Stanford University about why so many of us fall off a “humor cliff” as we become adults. Plus, how we can inject more laughter into our lives, even during the most difficult of times.

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0:00.0	We're all science people.
0:10.1	Science!
0:11.1	Exactly.
0:13.1	We know it's a good idea because it's lasted.
0:15.0	We can teach kids and they get it.
0:17.8	There's chemistry in here, there's biology in here.
0:20.4	It's in whiskey, it's in ice cream, it's in who you've all loved with.
0:24.6	That's the recipe for success.
0:26.4	We can make the world better for everybody.
0:31.5	Starting now.
0:33.3	Welcome to Science Rules.
0:34.6	I'm your host, Bill Nye.
0:36.0	This is the show where science rules.
0:38.4	For the next few weeks we're bringing you some episodes from other great shows where
0:41.8	science rules.
0:43.2	This week we're featuring Hidden Brain.
0:45.7	And combined science with storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive
0:50.2	human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.
0:54.4	This particular episode is particularly thought-provoking.
0:58.8	It's about the science of laughter, no kidding.
1:01.7	And how a sense of humor can have hidden benefits for all aspects of your life.
1:05.4	I hope you enjoy it.
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