roland's Shortform

post by roland · 2020-04-19T10:52:26.252Z · LW · GW · 1 comments

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comment by roland · 2020-04-19T10:52:26.563Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Regarding laughter:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/NbbK6YKTpQR7u7D6u/false-laughter?commentId=PszRxYtanh5comMYS [LW(p) · GW(p)]

You might say that a predictable punchline is too high-entropy to be funny

Since entropy is a measure of uncertainty a predictable punchline should be low entropy, no?