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

February 23, 2008 Galapagos FinchComments(3)

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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.

3 Replies to “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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SCheesman says:

February 23, 2008 at 8:23 am

Someone has way too much time on his hands, but I’m glad he did!
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Frost122585 says:

February 23, 2008 at 8:26 pm

Ironic, when one considers that evolution is a joke to begin with.
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Mung says:

February 24, 2008 at 12:05 am

Evolution is no joke. It reallyby definition that the frequency of that gene increased.

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