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Patrick House and Itzhak Fried on the Brain's Mysteries

EconTalk

CHAPTER

The Importance of Humor

Haines: It's a very difficult thing to understand why we laugh. I have yet to hear a compelling explanation, like full scientific explanation for that simple emotion. And of course, if you write in your book, we don't know why people are sad, really. Right? Let's talk about artificial intelligence. Haines laughter is not over. It's a sound that reminds us of human laughter. Roger Scruton's book on human nature reflects on this at some length.

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