[wrp]

The C&H explanation has two parts, what triggers the humor response (perception of things that don't make sense) and why we have the humor response (evolutionary fitness). A theory of the humor mechanism should be congruent to a theory of comedy.

The physiological manifestation of the humor response is also explained by evolutionary fitness when you consider it as countering the physiological reaction to the perception of stressful ambiguity.

[4b11b4]

That's actually very interesting... humor is lubrication for stressful ambiguity.

[qwery]

That's much more interesting than just the comic strip alone, thanks!