Why We Laugh

Laughter is universal, but we know very little about the reasons we do it. Dr. Robert Provine has been studying the social and neurological roots of laughter for 20 years, and has come to surprising conclusions about how we operate as human beings.
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[@summermoss5760]

My favorite line "It's nice to get out of a windowless laboratory and see what other members of our species are doing". As an academic, well said sir, well said.

[@ehsanghaiem1363]

2:18 when your dad makes the unfunny joke but you need money.

[@SupernalOne]

laughter also is a response to being startled, and maybe a way to link the unexpected event to the emotional memory, in case it needs to be remembered - since something novel could be a threat

[@joebazooks]

fantastic sound bite!

[@joebazooks]

that's something of which you don't see a lot or often: the dark side of laughter, as i imagine a villain's laugh might sound like. maybe i don't watch enough super hero films

[@ybra]

3:20 Sidewalk neuroscience?
More like creeper neuroscience :P

[@joebazooks]

the science of hitman-ism. it's similar to hypnatism, kind of. not really.

[@Borjigin.]

2:09 is creepy.

[@ytubeanon]

Why We Laugh: Donald Trump
the Joker is famous for laughing at everyone

[@bendybussong9762]

Leave it to science to kill humor.

[@MrC0MPUT3R]

Studying humor is like disecitng a frog. It's not very fun and the frog dies.

[@bendybussong9762]

This is totally not funny.

[@hi_its_jerry]

_bendy bussong was not amused_