How to Be Both Moral and Funny?

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Try to be both moral and funny. This is the new way how they rate the funniness of this paragraph should determine their sense of humor, essentially, how good their sense of humour is. I give this paragraph a 4.5 out of 5 on my humor scale. Yeah, I think that's low. And if you're not sure how linguistic puns here and there... No, seriously, try to be bothmoral and funny.

Is character destiny, or can fluky decisions or tiny shifts in weather patterns fundamentally change who we are? Does the existence or non-existence of alternate universes have any bearing on freedom and responsibility? David and Tamler conclude their discussion of Ted Chiang’s “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom” along with another very short piece by Chiang called “What’s Expected of Us” that was first published in Nature.

Plus, do you have low likability in the workplace? It could be because you’re too moral and therefore not that funny. But don’t worry, we have a solution that’ll help you increase your humor production and likability with no reduction in morality. All you have to do is listen!