Seems more likely humor evolved to allow intelligent beings to dissipate the stress of some kinds of cognitive dissonance.
Here, @Mikevago claims I've argued that 'humor serves no evolutionary purpose'.
How did he miss the 5 journal papers where @Giligg & I argued that humor evolved mostly to attract mates?
(Search for 'humor' here: https://www.primalpoly.com/all-publications-by-topic …)
#badjournalismhttps://aux.avclub.com/nothing-kills-a-joke-faster-than-overanalyzing-it-so-l-1843453047 …
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Surely humour
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Sorry, I try to stick to what's in the Wiki article I'm writing about. You should update the Wikipedia page with your further studies!
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Hi Mike, Wikipedia is not good place to learn about recent research in more niche topics such as humor. You can check our recent meta-analysis showing robust sex differences in humor ability. I covered it here:https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/humor-sapiens/201910/are-men-really-funnier-women …
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