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THESIS ONE




  Humor & Humanity
Abstraction, Delusion, and Escapism


     Michael Silber | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
“This is my um perspective and has
  always been my perspective on life... I
   have a very grim pessimistic view of
  it of it and always have, since I was a
   little boy. It hasn’t gotten worse with
age or anything, I do feel that it’s a grim
    painful, nightmarish, meaningless
 experience. And that the only way that
 you can be happy, is if you tell yourself
some lies and deceive yourself...one must
        have one’s delusions to live.”

                       –Woody Allen–



    Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
This thesis presents the hypothesis that humans
use escapist abstraction as a means to forget
our mortality, and that humor serves as one such
neurological defense mechanism, distorting reality
to insulate us from the fragility of existence.
The rapid advance of technology has both
created avenues for escape, in the form of
television, the internet, and augmented reality;
and also propelled our desire for escape.
Such a hypothesis suggests that as technology
further integrates with our lives and our bodies,
we will not become more machine-like in
personality, but instead rely more heavily on
the relief of humor.

       Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
The Philosophy of Humor
1. Incongruity
Ambiguity, logical impossibility, irrelevance,
and inappropriateness.
leading approach- Kant, Kierkegaard, [Aristotle]

2. Superiority
Aggressive supremacy.
Thomas Hobbes, Plato, Aristotle

3. Relief
Release or save energy generated by repression.
Freud, Herbert Spencer


             Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
Human Cognitive Activity

   Areas of the Brain and Their Cognitive Function
         •	 Block, N. (1983). Mental Pictures and Cognitive Science. Philosophical
            Review, 92, 499–541.
         •	 Hirschfeld, L.A., and S.A. Gelman, 1994, (eds.), Mapping the mind: Domain
            specificity in cognition and culture, New York: Cambridge University Press.
         •	 Noonan, H., 2010, ‘The Thinking Animal Problem and Personal Pronoun
            Revisionism’, Analysis 70: 93–98


   Contemporary Discussion of The Brain
         •	 Eagleman, David. 2011. Incognito: The Hidden Life of the Brain. New
            York: Pantheon Books/Random House.
         •	 Hurley, Matthew M., Dennett, Daniel C.,  Adams, Jr., Reginald B. 2011.	
            Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind, Boston.
            MIT Press.
         •	 Malone, Michael S. 2012. The Guardian of All Things: The Epic Story of
            Human Memory. Macmillan.



         Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
LEFT BRAIN
Speech, Analysis of Detail,
Calculation, Writing, Vigilance,
Sequential Processing.

RIGHT BRAIN
Spatial Orientation, Visual Pattern
Recognition, Performance-like
Functions, Creative Associative
Thinking, Humorous Thoughts.

    Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
Cognitive Science
The Mind is Similar to a Computer with
Representational Structures and Our
Thoughts are Governed by Computational
Procedures. These Relate to Problem
Solving, Learning, and Language.
     •	 Anderson, J., 2010. Cognitive Psychology and its Implications, 7th edn.,
        New York: Worth.
     •	 Boden, M. A., 2006. Mind as Machine: A History of Cognitive Science,
        Oxford: Clarendon.
     •	 Lakoff, G., and M. Johnson, 1980, Metaphors We Live By, Chicago: 	
        University of Chicago Press.
     •	 Thagard, P., 2009. “Why Cognitive Science Needs Philosophy and Vice
        Versa, ” Topics in Cognitive Science, 1: 237-254.




     Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
Neuroscience
     •	 Bickle, J., 2003, Philosophy and Neuroscience: A Ruthlessly Reductive
        Account, Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Press.
     •	 Clark, A., 2008. Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and
        Cognitive Extension, New York: Oxford University Press.
     •	 Erneling and D. Johnson (eds.), The Mind as a Scientific Object: Between
        Brain and Culture, New York: Oxford University Press
     •	 Thompson E., 2007, Mind and Life, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
     •	 Smith, L.B., and E. Thelen, 2003, “Development as dynamic system,”
        Trends in Cognitive Science, 7 (8): 343–348.	




     Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
Augmented Reality/ Transhumanism/
Posthumanism and Genetic Modification
Machines Are Becoming Part of Us.
        •	 Kurzweil, R., 2006. The Singularity is Near, New York: Penguin Press.
        •	 Bedau, M. and E. Parke (eds.), 2009, The Ethics of Protocells: Moral and So-
           cial Implications of Creating Life in the Laboratory, Cambridge: MIT Press.	


A Place for Humans in the Digital Age	
How Do We Differentiate Ourselves From Machines?	
		 The Turing Test
        •	 Christian, Brian. 2011. The most human human: what talking with comput-
           ers teaches us about what it means to be alive. New York: Doubleday.

		   Logic and Rationality.
        •	 Ariely, Dan. 2010. The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of
           Defying Logic at work and at Home. New York: Harper.



        Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
“Nothing in man is more
serious than his sense of humor;
        it is the sign that
     he wants all the truth.”

                        -Mark van Doren




     Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
The Philosophy/ Psychology of Humor
     •	 Descartes, René. (1649/1987). Les Passions de L’ame. Paris. Excerpts in Morreall
     •	 Freud, Sigmund (1928). “Humor.” International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 9, pp. 1-6.
     •	 Kant, Immanuel. (1951). Critique of Judgment. J. H. Bernard, Trans. New York: Hafner.
     •	 Geulen, Eva, 2006, The End of Art. Readings in a Rumor after Hegel, trans. J. 	
        McFarland. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
     •	 Martin, Rod A. (2007). The Psychology Of Humour: An Integrative Approach. London,
        UK: Elsevier Academic Press.
     •	 Schopenhauer, Arthur (1818). The World as Will and Representation. 	




     Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
“Humor can be dissected as
    a frog can, but the thing dies in
    the process and the innards are
      discouraging to any but the
         pure scientific mind.”

            – E.B. White “Some Remarks on Humor,”
       preface to A Subtreasury of American Humor (1941)




           Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
HUMOR
            Right-Brained.
          Uniquely Human.
               Emotive.
             Subjective.
           Improvisational.


Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
HUMOR AND DESIGN
                         Synthesis of Ideas
 Pattern Recognition - Associations, Comparisons, Juxtapositions
Commonality, Context, Shared Experience, Familiar vs. Unfamiliar
          Subjectivity - Empathy, The Human Condition
         Communication - Language, Social Engagement
                          Rhythm, Timing
                  Story-Telling - Narrative, Plot
           Surprise - Expectation, Tension and Relief
                             Absurdity
                     Wordplay and Symbolism
        Process of Trial and Error - Idea, Craft, Execution


           Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
Project Proposal
   Questions
   		   Can Humor Define Our Humanity?
   		   Will We Gravitate Towards Right-Brained Thinking and 	 	             	
   		   Humor As Techonology Resolves Our Rational Needs.
   		 Is Humor Inherently Memorable?
   Goals
   		 Explore Right-Brain Activity and the Role of Humor.
   Implementation/ Applications
   		 Absurdity and Humor in Design Imagery.
   		   Participatory Interaction Projects that Amuse 	
   		   and Engage the Right-Hemisphere of the Brain.
   		   	

           Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
“Imagination was given
to man to compensate him
 for what he is not; a sense
  of humor to console him
       for what he is.”
                   -Francis Bacon, Sr.




  Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein

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Outline Update Thesis One v05

  • 1. THESIS ONE Humor & Humanity Abstraction, Delusion, and Escapism Michael Silber | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
  • 2. “This is my um perspective and has always been my perspective on life... I have a very grim pessimistic view of it of it and always have, since I was a little boy. It hasn’t gotten worse with age or anything, I do feel that it’s a grim painful, nightmarish, meaningless experience. And that the only way that you can be happy, is if you tell yourself some lies and deceive yourself...one must have one’s delusions to live.” –Woody Allen– Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
  • 3. This thesis presents the hypothesis that humans use escapist abstraction as a means to forget our mortality, and that humor serves as one such neurological defense mechanism, distorting reality to insulate us from the fragility of existence. The rapid advance of technology has both created avenues for escape, in the form of television, the internet, and augmented reality; and also propelled our desire for escape. Such a hypothesis suggests that as technology further integrates with our lives and our bodies, we will not become more machine-like in personality, but instead rely more heavily on the relief of humor. Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
  • 4. The Philosophy of Humor 1. Incongruity Ambiguity, logical impossibility, irrelevance, and inappropriateness. leading approach- Kant, Kierkegaard, [Aristotle] 2. Superiority Aggressive supremacy. Thomas Hobbes, Plato, Aristotle 3. Relief Release or save energy generated by repression. Freud, Herbert Spencer Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
  • 5. Human Cognitive Activity Areas of the Brain and Their Cognitive Function • Block, N. (1983). Mental Pictures and Cognitive Science. Philosophical Review, 92, 499–541. • Hirschfeld, L.A., and S.A. Gelman, 1994, (eds.), Mapping the mind: Domain specificity in cognition and culture, New York: Cambridge University Press. • Noonan, H., 2010, ‘The Thinking Animal Problem and Personal Pronoun Revisionism’, Analysis 70: 93–98 Contemporary Discussion of The Brain • Eagleman, David. 2011. Incognito: The Hidden Life of the Brain. New York: Pantheon Books/Random House. • Hurley, Matthew M., Dennett, Daniel C., Adams, Jr., Reginald B. 2011. Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind, Boston. MIT Press. • Malone, Michael S. 2012. The Guardian of All Things: The Epic Story of Human Memory. Macmillan. Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
  • 6. LEFT BRAIN Speech, Analysis of Detail, Calculation, Writing, Vigilance, Sequential Processing. RIGHT BRAIN Spatial Orientation, Visual Pattern Recognition, Performance-like Functions, Creative Associative Thinking, Humorous Thoughts. Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
  • 7. Cognitive Science The Mind is Similar to a Computer with Representational Structures and Our Thoughts are Governed by Computational Procedures. These Relate to Problem Solving, Learning, and Language. • Anderson, J., 2010. Cognitive Psychology and its Implications, 7th edn., New York: Worth. • Boden, M. A., 2006. Mind as Machine: A History of Cognitive Science, Oxford: Clarendon. • Lakoff, G., and M. Johnson, 1980, Metaphors We Live By, Chicago: University of Chicago Press. • Thagard, P., 2009. “Why Cognitive Science Needs Philosophy and Vice Versa, ” Topics in Cognitive Science, 1: 237-254. Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
  • 8. Neuroscience • Bickle, J., 2003, Philosophy and Neuroscience: A Ruthlessly Reductive Account, Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Press. • Clark, A., 2008. Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension, New York: Oxford University Press. • Erneling and D. Johnson (eds.), The Mind as a Scientific Object: Between Brain and Culture, New York: Oxford University Press • Thompson E., 2007, Mind and Life, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. • Smith, L.B., and E. Thelen, 2003, “Development as dynamic system,” Trends in Cognitive Science, 7 (8): 343–348. Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
  • 9. Augmented Reality/ Transhumanism/ Posthumanism and Genetic Modification Machines Are Becoming Part of Us. • Kurzweil, R., 2006. The Singularity is Near, New York: Penguin Press. • Bedau, M. and E. Parke (eds.), 2009, The Ethics of Protocells: Moral and So- cial Implications of Creating Life in the Laboratory, Cambridge: MIT Press. A Place for Humans in the Digital Age How Do We Differentiate Ourselves From Machines? The Turing Test • Christian, Brian. 2011. The most human human: what talking with comput- ers teaches us about what it means to be alive. New York: Doubleday. Logic and Rationality. • Ariely, Dan. 2010. The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at work and at Home. New York: Harper. Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
  • 10. “Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.” -Mark van Doren Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
  • 11. The Philosophy/ Psychology of Humor • Descartes, René. (1649/1987). Les Passions de L’ame. Paris. Excerpts in Morreall • Freud, Sigmund (1928). “Humor.” International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 9, pp. 1-6. • Kant, Immanuel. (1951). Critique of Judgment. J. H. Bernard, Trans. New York: Hafner. • Geulen, Eva, 2006, The End of Art. Readings in a Rumor after Hegel, trans. J. McFarland. Stanford: Stanford University Press. • Martin, Rod A. (2007). The Psychology Of Humour: An Integrative Approach. London, UK: Elsevier Academic Press. • Schopenhauer, Arthur (1818). The World as Will and Representation. Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
  • 12. “Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.” – E.B. White “Some Remarks on Humor,” preface to A Subtreasury of American Humor (1941) Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
  • 13. HUMOR Right-Brained. Uniquely Human. Emotive. Subjective. Improvisational. Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
  • 14. HUMOR AND DESIGN Synthesis of Ideas Pattern Recognition - Associations, Comparisons, Juxtapositions Commonality, Context, Shared Experience, Familiar vs. Unfamiliar Subjectivity - Empathy, The Human Condition Communication - Language, Social Engagement Rhythm, Timing Story-Telling - Narrative, Plot Surprise - Expectation, Tension and Relief Absurdity Wordplay and Symbolism Process of Trial and Error - Idea, Craft, Execution Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
  • 15. Project Proposal Questions Can Humor Define Our Humanity? Will We Gravitate Towards Right-Brained Thinking and Humor As Techonology Resolves Our Rational Needs. Is Humor Inherently Memorable? Goals Explore Right-Brain Activity and the Role of Humor. Implementation/ Applications Absurdity and Humor in Design Imagery. Participatory Interaction Projects that Amuse and Engage the Right-Hemisphere of the Brain. Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein
  • 16. “Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.” -Francis Bacon, Sr. Michael Silber | Directed Research | Professor Tom Klinkowstein