New study tries to finally uncover why some things are humorous. The authors, through a series of 6 studies, show that "humor arises from a benign violation: something that threatens a person’s well-being, identity, or normative belief structure but that simultaneously seems okay."

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New study tries to finally uncover why some things are humorous. The authors, through a series of 6 studies, show that "humor arises from a benign violation: something that threatens a person’s well-being, identity, or normative belief structure but that simultaneously seems okay."