People think immoral behaviour is funny - but only if it also seems benign
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 03:07
in Psychology & Sociology
What makes something funny? Philosophers have been tossing that question around since Plato. Now two psychological scientists think they've come up with the formula: humour comes from a violation or threat to the way the world ought to be that is, at the same time, benign...