rupol2000
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This question is not as simple as it seems.
First, the word humor has the same roots as hormones(humoral regulation). Moreover, the word hormones is associated with the word harmony, and harmony is reduced to the compatibility of something. And none of this has to do with laughter. That is, if you deduce semantics from etymology, laughter has nothing to do with it, it means a sense of harmony, for example, a musical feeling.
Secondly, the reaction of a smile is not at all connected with humor; a person can smile for other reasons.
Third, it is unclear whether this is a common property of all people. For example, in ancient sources, no humor is found, and Aristotle believed that Comedy and laughter are properties of rabble, and a noble genre is a tragedy.
One use case of humor is still obvious, it was a collective sign of universal approval among some peoples. At the performances of comedians, laughter is often observed when the joke itself is not at all. For example, you can see how people start laughing at the word "ass". This is something similar to the barking of dogs, and just like barking, it tends to be picked up by the whole crowd.
Laughter is often associated with the desecration of shrines.
In general, this is apparently some kind of congenital pathology, which most people suffer from now, and apparently this was not always the case.
It is no coincidence that some mental illnesses are accompanied by a permanent smile.
Among animals, the closest analogue of laughter is without a doubt the barking of dogs. They are united by the collectivity and the very form of sound production.
First, the word humor has the same roots as hormones(humoral regulation). Moreover, the word hormones is associated with the word harmony, and harmony is reduced to the compatibility of something. And none of this has to do with laughter. That is, if you deduce semantics from etymology, laughter has nothing to do with it, it means a sense of harmony, for example, a musical feeling.
Secondly, the reaction of a smile is not at all connected with humor; a person can smile for other reasons.
Third, it is unclear whether this is a common property of all people. For example, in ancient sources, no humor is found, and Aristotle believed that Comedy and laughter are properties of rabble, and a noble genre is a tragedy.
One use case of humor is still obvious, it was a collective sign of universal approval among some peoples. At the performances of comedians, laughter is often observed when the joke itself is not at all. For example, you can see how people start laughing at the word "ass". This is something similar to the barking of dogs, and just like barking, it tends to be picked up by the whole crowd.
Laughter is often associated with the desecration of shrines.
In general, this is apparently some kind of congenital pathology, which most people suffer from now, and apparently this was not always the case.
It is no coincidence that some mental illnesses are accompanied by a permanent smile.
Among animals, the closest analogue of laughter is without a doubt the barking of dogs. They are united by the collectivity and the very form of sound production.
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