You're tricked by probabilities. In the joke explainer example posted here a couple weeks back, the "chain of reasons" why each joke was funny was dead wrong t

You're tricked by probabilities. In the joke explainer example posted here a couple weeks back, the "chain of reasons" why each joke was funny was dead wrong though probably right for most jokes. It has no reason, only likelihoods. Your belief it has a chain of reasons is usually confirmed because the dumb probability-selected list is, by design, probably plausible.