Fascinating! I’ve never thought about the sense of humor as a sense before. I’m reminded of perfect pitch, and how non-perfect pitch people tend to think that it’s some kind of magic trick, when it’s really just the way they hear music.
I love the idea of comedy as a speices of rhetoric that persuades us the 'ugly' is worth laughter rather than recoil. It turns every joke into a trial where our vanity is the defendant and the verdict is a painless incrognuity. A much better use of time than Schopenhauerian gloom!"
Fascinating! I’ve never thought about the sense of humor as a sense before. I’m reminded of perfect pitch, and how non-perfect pitch people tend to think that it’s some kind of magic trick, when it’s really just the way they hear music.
And that, in turn, is an excellent analogy!
I love the idea of comedy as a speices of rhetoric that persuades us the 'ugly' is worth laughter rather than recoil. It turns every joke into a trial where our vanity is the defendant and the verdict is a painless incrognuity. A much better use of time than Schopenhauerian gloom!"