Speaking of jokes and "reward prediction error"

the world's funniest joke

I actually laughed out loud when I read this, and immediately afterwards thought: That joke's pretty dumb.

The fact is, though, that I didn't see the punchline coming, and I laughed.

Humor depends on surprise.

Eureka
Eureka, part 2
Eureka, part 3
Eureka, part 4
Eureka, part 5

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Philip Keller on the flipped classroom
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