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Why so many awful comments about her weight? I thought she was really interesting and a good speaker, since when do people on TED talks comment like this?
I know, it's depressing. I'm genuinely surprised too. Anyone insulting her is unlikely to measure up to anything like what she has accomplished in life though, so there is that.
I tought the chanel was about the talking bear movie but no we get a fat woman talking about laughing. She can better do reasearch on the link between foot and toilet paper consumption.
I'm disapointed, tought it was a chanel about the bear movie. Only thing interesting was out of control breasts resting on a giant belly. That gets boring after half a minute, can't stand any longer watching that.
This is definitely one of the most upbeat, lighthearted TedTalks I've ever seen :) Definitely made me laugh out loud. Definitely brought a smile to my face!
I'm just a minor in anthropology but I've studied it for years. It's my opinion laughter developed as a way to demonstrate there is no danger. For example someone falls out of a tree, which could have been a fatal fall. They stand up and his or her friends all laugh as if to say, "it's okay". So of tickling? Same thing. You see two roughing it up,. Now if one is screaming, well then you know something's wrong. But laughter that's a signal,"oh,they're just playing around." I think it developed as a way to help early hominoids the ability to continue on doing what they're doing and by a simple sound they don't have to run and protect others.
Justyn Caesar it cant be it because we laugh even someone is under danger or could be under danger we still laugh. For exmpl when a friend falls (from ur example) and they could have a fracture or any kind of injury but we still laugh lol
I think thats just part of it. There may be a danger-mitigating factor, but also a social bond strengthening factor. Theres also superiority theory, where it laughter based on us vs them or we vs you.
Jack Taylor maybe thats why a lot of comedy is based on controversial topics, the laughter signals its okay to keep talking about it and were all cool and it makes it safe for the person joking to say those controversial jokes
Immensely sophisticated sense of humour... this one phrase is just for you Mrs. Sophie Scott... I actually have learned English just through watching your speeches up online and reading what you've written.. Love this ted talk. This is the best of all the ted talks ever!
I hope she laughs at all the ignorant, inconsiderate, self absorbed and immature people out there who thought it would make them look….WHAT….cool, juvenile, uncaring…….IF SO THEY’VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT!!! Sophie has shown she a beautiful person, who is willing to share the education of laughter with us. Thank you Sophie, allow no place in your heart, your life for ignorance!! God Bless!,,
One of the funniest days I've had was in the office when we got a new phone system. Everyone had to record a new 'leave a message' greeting. We worked in closely spaced cubicals so everyone could hear everyone else trying to record a greeting without tripping over our tongues. The entire office was laughing. Then, the next day, we couldn't wait for coworkers who hadn't been present the day before to come in and record their greetings.
Just brilliant. I love the way she explains laughter. Is so much behind it. We all need a good laugh and I think is just impossible to not laugh every single day. When LAUGH stops I am pretty sure human kind will be all gone. SO LET´S HAVE A GOOD LAUGH.
I think it’s even deeper, I think laughing is healthy for the function of the body. It reduces stress at the very least, but I feel like it also promotes a positive environment for your mind and body.
I am never going to under estimate the power of laughter again ... especially from a social and physiology standpoint. Important not to take yourself to seriously and share a laugh with a good friend.
Right when my grandfather died, his grown children were standing around his bed. My mom said, "I don't want to leave him." My aunt said, "Well he left first!" They laughed.
Champlol414 It happens on good conferences where there's proper staff. «The necklace was removed because it was casting some distracting shimmers on Sophie's face».
Thank you. One it the best Ted videos till date. Laughter is one of the best ways to kick that stress. It has also helped me to quit smoking many years back.
Really eye opening research especially the metrics on people differentiating posed versus involuntary laughter. It seems that even if laughter is shared among many mammals, it is an especially complex function in humans since humor involves cognition of many abstract concepts that are beyond chimps. If laughter is the physiological component of the phenomenon of humor, that seems to be all the research can talk about. Why humans evolved the ability to experience humor is still not understood.
I've never understood why some people, usually males, laugh when they see someone get injured. I've always thought that it must be because they have low empathy. When I see someone get hurt my whole body tenses up involuntarily and I get a unpleasant sensation similar to shivering. It never makes me laugh. It was interesting to hear Sophie Scott's theory that the group laughs to encouraged the injured person to laugh in order to counteract the pain they are feeling. Maybe that's possible, although I feel a bit skeptical as none of my personal experience backs that up. The few times I have been laughed at when I was injured, made me feel worse not better.
I read it's about power. Seeing an ordinary guy stumbling can be comical, but if you see a powerful man (ex.the president of a state, a priest etc.) stumbling, the laughter comes much louder.
I recently had my wisdom teeth removed and the number one rule is "do not laugh because you will tear your sutures and bleed everywhere" and I have to tell you, it was one of that hardest things I have ever had to do.
Aww! I love you Sophie! You are so wonderful and your accent is so beautiful! I’ve known you for a while through some podcasts and BBC videos, but I haven’t known your name. Not until today that I stumbled upon this video! 🥰❤I would like to say thank you for sharing such an informative, intriguing and hilarious talk!
I don't think she actually explained to us why we laugh. sure it has something to do with social interactions, but none of the research she mentioned actually looks at why we laugh as opposed to screaming at the top of our voices when we want to bond in a social context. I mean, why is this the reaction we evolved, rather than something else?
WE don't have exact reasons for 90% of things. We look at application and fossil records. Why do we laugh, well for the same reason we do everything. It's a social behavior of social animals
That's what I'm saying! Sometimes I'll remember a super funny situation I came across with my brother and I'll just replay it in my end over and over again until I burst out laughing in front of people....then they look at me like I'm crazy
There's a saying here in Finland that the more you laugh, the longer you'll live :) Which is ironic, considering the fact that we often think of ourselves as being quiet and serious.
My theory on why we laugh is so psychological. I think it's because whatever happens reminds us about ourselves or something in our lives (pain?) which then evokes a humorous emotional reaction. We start to Love the person who purposely makes us genuinely laugh. Probably because we can see that they understand how we feel on a deeper level. Laughter hits so close to home more than you imagine. It's so personal. Like she said, it takes the pain out of us. It replaces pain with a good mood.
I love to laugh so much but the person who made me laugh enormously is back in my past over forty years ago .Jim Flushing from Flushing, Michigan WHERE ARE YOU OUT THERE !!! I love to make people laugh. My brother said I am a natural comedian. And I was trying to get discovered for something all my life. My other brother calls me Crazy Lou cuz I make him laugh. Love this subject you talked of.
I once learned you also use your laughing muscles for swimming... I almost drown once by getting obscenely tickled at a joke while swimming in the ocean...in Negril Jamaica. Great 30th bday moment.
Description should say "30x times more likely" not 13x. Time Magazine did an edition on The Science of Laughter and they quote this same study by Robert Provine.
So the ability of humans to talk is our ribcage,not our vocal cords. Fascinating. I guess it makes sense. Most animals have vocal cords, so they're not unique. Edit: We laugh to get out of uncomfortable situations. Is that why cats purr when they're injured? Is purring how cats laugh? I also heard something about how a cat's purr is at a frequency that speeds the healing of broken bones. Does laughter have a similar effect on humans? Also... (blue screen)
"You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals so let's do it like they do on the discovery channel." My gosh, I can't believe she referenced that song on TED LOL
I watched The Ghost and Mr. Chicken with Don Knotts tonight - alone - and laughed my a$$ off. No kidding, I fell out of my chair. I didn't need anyone there and I didn't need anthropology. It was damn funny. It was DON KNOTTS!
