The Question
Eternal
Lanz "haha"d at my last post. Want to know why he did that? Contrary to what a fictional Stoic once said on movie screens, humor is not a difficult concept. So let me break it down for ya:
Humor is, metaphorically speaking, a logic superstate. (Contrast this against Schroedinger's explanation of a quantum superstate, in which a boxed cat simultaneously does, and does not, survive its captivity within a box that allows a minimum survivable amount of oxygen, until the Observer Effect settles it out of that superstate and into one or the other condition.
Humor, similarly, is a logical superstate in which a statement or situation both is, and is not, logical.
Lanz laughed at a true statement because he is so indoctrinated now that what he reacted to was completely logical, yet runs totally contrary to the illogic he's been indoctrinated with over the past several years. It simultaneously struck him as perfectly correct and, through the lens of his indoctrination, totally incorrect, simultaneously.
That's why he thought it was funny. That's always why leftists laugh at perfectly true statements. It's the result of a healthy brain's reaction to the conflict between reality and their indoctrination.
Humor is, metaphorically speaking, a logic superstate. (Contrast this against Schroedinger's explanation of a quantum superstate, in which a boxed cat simultaneously does, and does not, survive its captivity within a box that allows a minimum survivable amount of oxygen, until the Observer Effect settles it out of that superstate and into one or the other condition.
Humor, similarly, is a logical superstate in which a statement or situation both is, and is not, logical.
Lanz laughed at a true statement because he is so indoctrinated now that what he reacted to was completely logical, yet runs totally contrary to the illogic he's been indoctrinated with over the past several years. It simultaneously struck him as perfectly correct and, through the lens of his indoctrination, totally incorrect, simultaneously.
That's why he thought it was funny. That's always why leftists laugh at perfectly true statements. It's the result of a healthy brain's reaction to the conflict between reality and their indoctrination.