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Only joking
I have always wanted to invent the perfect practical joke. All jokes are based on making a shift in the assumptions of the listeners and then guiding them by sheer force of logic to consequences that are so ludicrous that the real world can only be restored by laughter. Thus: two Martians met in the street, and one said, “What’s your name?” The other replied, “29876 – 82”, to which the first sa...
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While separate pieces of research found parents offer toddlers cues to express that they are (1) joking and (2) pretending, and that toddlers and preschoolers understand intentions to (1) joke and (2) pretend, it is not yet clear whether parents and toddlers consider joking and pretending to be distinct concepts. This is important as distinguishing these two forms of nonliteral acts could open ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00519-2