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From the Radiolab podcast: A few months ago, Wendy Zukerman invited our own Latif Nasser to come on her show, Science Vs, and of course, he jumped at the chance.
Laughter ensued as they set off to find the "The Funniest Joke in the World." When you just Google something like that, the internet might serve you, "What has many keys but can't open a single lock?” (Answer: A piano). So they had to dig deeper. According to science. And for this quest they interviewed a bunch of amazing comics, including Tig Notaro, Adam Conover, Dr. Jason Leong, Loni Love, and, of course, some scientists: neuroscientist professor Sophie Scott and psychology professor Richard Wiseman.
Which joke will win?
Special thanks to Wendy Zukerman and the entire team over at Science Vs.
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From the Radiolab podcast: A few months ago, Wendy Zukerman invited our own Latif Nasser to come on her show, Science Vs, and of course, he jumped at the chance.
Laughter ensued as they set off to find the "The Funniest Joke in the World." When you just Google something like that, the internet might serve you, "What has many keys but can't open a single lock?” (Answer: A piano). So they had to dig deeper. According to science. And for this quest they interviewed a bunch of amazing comics, including Tig Notaro, Adam Conover, Dr. Jason Leong, Loni Love, and, of course, some scientists: neuroscientist professor Sophie Scott and psychology professor Richard Wiseman.
Which joke will win?
Special thanks to Wendy Zukerman and the entire team over at Science Vs.
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