If there was a bowl of fruit up there as you walked in, it'd be incongruous but people wouldn't shriek with laughter and point to the fruit.

如果你走进教室,看到这里有一碗水果，这也是不一致,但你不会高声大笑地指着水果。

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When you start laughing at somebody you think of them as less of a person and we'll get to that a little bit more when we talk about laughter.

当你嘲笑别人时,他们在你眼中的人性就会减少,我们以后再深入探讨幽默,等我们讲到笑的时候。

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When you're in a group doing something terribly aggressive and you are not--you don't feel like you're at risk you might laugh and laughter is a signal to other members of your group as a signal of solidarity and what you're doing together.

当你在群体在做具有强烈攻击性的行为时,你不会觉得自己有危险,你会笑,你笑是向其他群体成员传达一个信号,你们团结一致，共同进退。

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