
10-07-2010, 06:43 PM
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Cross-examine it!
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Orcutt, CA.
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Re: Cults
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Originally Posted by DAII
Why are you laughing? Is this a defense mechanism? I seen this behavior in my clinical studies.
You're a member of darwinist cult like Pelathais, who follows the teachings Robert Provine. I bet you subscribe to his musings:
Today, we tend to focus on “he who laughs last.” But he who first burst forth with our characteristic “ha-ha-ha” took a major evolutionary leap toward humanity as we know it. Laughter is ancient, predating the development of language. It’s ubiquitous; all mammals do it, panting with delight in response to tickling or pratfalls, as noted by none other than Charles Darwin. It’s also one of the first things babies learn. Now, though, scientists are asking two dead serious questions: Where does laughter come from? And why do we do it?
If you digitally remove the “ha” sound from a human laugh the way Provine has in a recording studio, you hear a long exhalation or sigh. This extended sigh may be our most primal existential defense mechanism, controlling our breathing in ways known to lower heart rate and blood pressure. Decoupling the laugh from respiration—so that we can giggle instead of pant—was a crucial evolutionary moment, Provine postulates, because it enabled the vocal control that allowed us to make all kinds of other “fancy sounds” needed for speech.
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Why are you trying to destroy this thread with you obvious UPCI hatred?
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