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ROBERT ANTON WILSON

Without a sense of humor, life is utterly unbearable on this barbaric planet.

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The Sense Of Humor

Researchers have theorized that a sense of humor is made up of six basic variables:

  1. the cognitive ability to create or understand jokes
  2. an appreciation, and enjoyment of jokes
  3. behavior patterns of joking and laughing
  4. cheerful or humorous temper...

Humor: Innate Or A Learnable Trait

There appears to be some genetic component to humor; researchers have linked a sense of humor to certain variants of the 5-HTTLPR gene.

But there's no such thing as a completely humorless individual. If you want to boost your sense of humor, try to look at...

Types Of Humor

Researchers described four types of humor:

  • Affiliative humor: this is the humor designed to enhance social bonds.
  • Self-enhancing humor: this is similar to having a humorous, playful view of life in general.
  • Aggressive humor

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