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Finch and Knuther win 2006 Best Paper Award for “Socio-Chortelist Evolution of Humor: Emergent Jocularity from the Process of Natural Selection”

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Finch and Knuther each received an award check for $15,000 plus a gold plated medallion for their evolution of “a man walks into a bar” jokes. Read their paper at TheBRITES.org.

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Evolution is no joke. It reallyby definition that the frequency of that gene increased. Mung
Ironic, when one considers that evolution is a joke to begin with. Frost122585
Someone has way too much time on his hands, but I'm glad he did! SCheesman

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