When we say women aren't funny, we don't mean that women and men find different things funny We mean only men respond to comedy (just like men respond to mathematical elegance or the fury of war) and women will admire men whom other men think are funny
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women are great at making other women laugh when they are re-affirming that Alice and Betsy belong to an in-group that excludes Caroline.
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Replying to @QuasLacrimas
Isn't this what laughing is fundamentally about, though? It is serotonergic. Confidence (self and group) in superiority & victory. Hard to fake genuine laughter. Signals in-group faith.
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Replying to @JimmyTrussels
Sure, but what is "fundamental" about a physiological response doesn't necessarily correspond to its cultural value.
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Replying to @QuasLacrimas @JimmyTrussels
The wonder you experience when you work through a difficult proof, the sublimity of a Bach concerto - these emotions are "fundamentally" rooted in far more humble activities
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Replying to @QuasLacrimas
(btw I suspect that long term addiction to theorem proving might be comparable to long term amphetamine use in its effects on brain)
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Replying to @QuasLacrimas
Effects. Hard focus for many hours -> extreme dopamine/serotonin rush. Very few things give that great a high. Repeated sharp fluctuations must disfigure brain's reward systems eventually.
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would also imply that amphetamine use builds interest in long focus without amphetamines tho, which is prolly false
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Replying to @QuasLacrimas
yeah, disciplined focus is a separate effect. I was rather thinking about reward systemic effects like anhedonia.
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Replying to @JimmyTrussels @QuasLacrimas
Visit a random math department and look around. People look miserable.
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