Humour: what makes something funny?
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AsapSCIENCE
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🗓️ 9 December 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
The science of comedy is complicated. It involves complex neurophysiology, culture, context and … feeling safe? We evolved language between 80,000 - 160,000 years ago and jokes evolved alongside that. Today we will break down what makes something funny, why laughing feels good and teach you how to become a funnier person!
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| 0:00.0 | Contrary to personal subjects with the facts you be tense, but we are a sub-science here to make things make sense |
| 0:06.7 | Today we're talking about funny. We're talking about what makes something funny |
| 0:13.1 | Whether or not and how we decide when a joke is |
| 0:16.4 | Quotal broke too soon and whether or not jokes and humor can be used to learn |
| 0:22.8 | Not better |
| 0:25.6 | That was the cruel that was chaotic um |
| 0:28.6 | I tried to do the RuPaul app |
| 0:32.4 | Oh my god, that's amazing. Let me try let me try |
| 0:39.2 | Oh, yeah, like what how else does he look? |
| 0:41.8 | No |
| 0:43.8 | Well Michelle |
| 0:47.7 | Michelle was odd |
| 0:50.3 | It also reminds me I used to feel to do a dolphin really well like |
| 0:52.7 | Oh my god that turned me on so is that because you're into beast reality. Whoa a Nardar appeared. Oh my god |
| 1:03.5 | What's happening? Okay, so how's it going? |
| 1:07.2 | Okay, so we're starting to podcast how is it going? I'm Mitch and I'm Greg and where is that? |
| 1:16.2 | Oh, we have that side at me like literally. He's like stop taking me for a walk |
| 1:21.3 | No, Mitch and I can do really well here. Let's do it |
| 1:24.4 | Hey, I'm Mitch and I'm Greg and we're a sap science whoa |
| 1:28.8 | It's not wild was it fun? I could even watch this I'm Greg and I'm Mitch and we're a sap science. We can do that all |
| 1:34.7 | Fork and they we've probably said about a thousand million times eight and a half years. That's what we've learned to do if you if you actually just |
| 1:41.6 | Um come up to us and go who are you? We just go |
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