hmm -- surprising that the article doesn't talk about the role of surprise / novelty in humor. If there's a semantic metric for humor, it's that -- a surprising

hmm -- surprising that the article doesn't talk about the role of surprise / novelty in humor. If there's a semantic metric for humor, it's that -- a surprising link between topics your brain normally separates. in-group out-group also matters. second cousins shouldn't be cracking jokes at a funeral but immediate relatives are often under so much stress that they can laugh at almost anything.