Is a sense of humor a byproduct of consciousness or something else entirely? Humor is a direct outgrowth of the ability to reason in the broadest sense—which is not only the ability to perceive the parts of the world from the fuzzy whole, but to be able to combine, compare, and contrast them in a mind.
Comedy is a reconciliation of paradox
-Chappelle
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