Transcript
Let's test your sense of humor compared to eight professional comedians. I'm going to tell you two short jokes that were used in a research study to evaluate people's sense of humor. You'll rate each joke on a scale of one, not at all funny, to 11, very funny. And then answer one last question. Joke one, what is as big as a man, but weighs nothing? His shadow, and joke two. If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is, God is crying. crying, another cute thing to tell him is probably because of something you did. Now, comment below with three numbers. Your ranking for jokes one and two, and then, and this is important for some fun science we're going to do together, you're going to rate what you think is your ability to recognize what's funny compared to an average university student, the usual study participant. Format it like this. Next video, I'll analyze all of your responses and compare them to the rankings of the eight professional comedians and to each other.
Additional notes
Comment your own answer before looking at others! #science #brainpower #jokes #psychology #edutok
References
- Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments - DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.77.6.1121.