"Which word is funnier: porridge or oatmeal?" This is the question one of us recently posed to the other.* Clearly, the notion was insane. Surely finding something funny requires context — a ...

George W. Bush was not known for his cunning intellect, but he did have a good sense of humor. In a commencement address at Southern Methodist University, he famously told the graduates, “For those of ...

Individuals who use humor in social encounters are perceived as confident, competent, and more likable. Additionally, both trust and attraction increase when a light-hearted approach is used in new ...

Scientists and philosophers have long sought to understand humor. Charles Darwin likened it to a "tickling of the mind," and Thomas Hobbes described it as a feeling of "sudden glory." Theories about ...

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