Laughter may be the “best medicine” – but I like to know where my drugs come from. So, I did a lil research. While I’ve written about comedy before, I’ve never managed to get to the causes behind the actual act of laughter. From an evolutionary standpoint – why would we do that? What purpose would it serve? With language or circumstances, it’s usually to do with learning something in.. Read More
Artificial giggles
The results are in. And we’re sorry to inform you your laugh is… fake. And you’re not fooling anyone. Well… less than half the folk, anyway. A study collecting 18 f’real and 18 faux recorded chortles was recently done. Subjects listened to audio clips of each – trying to discern which giggles were legit. 63% of time, people could tell. And while that sounds about as intuitive as flipping a.. Read More