The Evolutionary Psychology of Humor

Humor is one of the great puzzles of evolutionary psychology. Co-host David Pinsof (UCLA) presents the coordinating “mix-up” hypothesis of humor, in which….well, you’ll have to listen to find out. By Dave’s account, it is one of the best accounts of the psychology of humor out there (but what do we know?) Content warning: this episode does contain humor (or at least attempts at it).

 

More about David Pinsof: 

https://www.everythingisbullshit.blog/

https://www.kremslab.com/people

 

More about Dave Pietraszewski: 

https://cal.psych.ucsb.edu/david-pietraszewski