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#235 — A Call from Ricky Gervais

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Is It an Intellectual Pursuit or an Emotional Pursuit?

I think language is, i think yo are superficial. No, i think on a couple of levels. I think really one thing is that it's only discovered. A pum was always there because the dictionary was always there. So with a pun, it takes someone to suddenly stumble across those two words and put them into a sentence. And you know what? There are some amazing punsters, but i still, it's not like it's not as funny as someone falling over,. ecause it's not visceral. Whereas, having a sense of humour, you can look at the sky and smile, that you wouldn't call it comedy.

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