Inside jokes : using humor to reverse-engineer the mind /
Some things are funny -- jokes, puns, sitcoms, Charlie Chaplin, The Far Side, Malvolio with his yellow garters crossed -- but why? Why does humor exist in the first place? Why do we spend so much of our time passing on amusing anecdotes, making wisecracks, watching The Simpsons? In Inside Jokes, Mat...
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| Main Author: | Hurley, Matthew M., 1977- |
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| Other Authors: | Dennett, Daniel Clement., Adams, Reginald B., Dennett, D. C. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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