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Shouldn't we first be looking at the physiology of humour, starting with the rawest stimulus that induces amusement and then trying to determine its evolutionar
by hliyan 3y ago
Shouldn't we first be looking at the physiology of humour, starting with the rawest stimulus that induces amusement and then trying to determine its evolutionary origins? Philosophical explanations feel like attempting to layer abstractions on top of something whose fundamental nature we fully don't understand.
- GuB-42 3y agoStart with tickling, maybe. It induces laughter, like a good joke, and it is as physical as it can get. An interesting thing with tickling is that it is notoriously difficult if not impossible to tickle oneself. Does it suggest something on the nature of laughter and humor? I don't know. Probably that there is some social aspect to it, and a form of unpredictability.