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Can Science Help Us Understand Humor?

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Today, we find our funny bone. Not literally. Instead, we're going to breakdown the science of humor.  We'll cover what happens in our brains when we find something funny, how a sense of humor evolved, what makes something not funny at all, and even if we can teach robots and A.I. to be funny!____________________Sources:The Biology Of Humor: In Search Of The Cerebral Funny Bonehttp://discovermagazine.com/2002/may/featbiologyIs there a scientific formula for funny?https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/formula-for-funny2.htm Scientists Discovered What Makes Something Funnyhttp://www.businessinsider.com/bob-mankoff-science-of-funny-humor-new-yorker-cartoon-2014-12 ____________________Follow Trace on twitter: http://twitter.com/tracedominguezFollow Matt Lieberman on twitter: http://twitter.com/mattliebermanFollow Seeker on twitter: http://twitter.com/seekerAnd, subscribe on YouTube too: http://youtube.com/seekerSeeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and e