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yes - so much more like flying than like ordinary locomotion
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You two know each other? Small world. Add to your list: physical comedy (slipping on banana peel etc.)
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Funny, you always seem to miss the funny side of X, while I always seem to start there :)
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I'm thinking about what's beautiful from the inside - watching these things can also be beautiful, physical comedy is more from-outside
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My first time on stage was actually as a clown. I made up my own physical jokes. It was fun.
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It's kinda like being drunk actually. I suspect the likes of Michael Richards (Kramer) experience much more.
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Hmm. Female comics don't do as much physical comedy. Only one I can think of is Lucy chocolate factory scene
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Aside: I think I have deep suspicion of "beauty" as a heuristic for guiding decisions in any domain besides math
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In human-made things, exactly the reverse seems to be true: beauty a sign of hidden cruelty/exploitation/danger
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I mean obviously not at the expense of having useful functional rooms and stuff, but still
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"The fundamental laws of the universe are likely to be beautiful" is simply another form of Occam's Razor.
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