Friday, December 01, 2006
Of Fun, Laughter and Happiness
This Friday's FunCast is about Fun, Laughter, and Happiness. As is often the case, you can read along by clicking here, while, for even more fun, laughter and happiness, you can download the Funcast here.
The article begins thuslyish:
The difference between FUN and laughter? You can have FUN without laughing. Some people, sadly, can even laugh without having FUN.
To my knowledge, there are vast collections of studies about the healing powers of laughter and humor (see for example Lee Berk's research, or look at a site called "Laughing Out Loud," or particpate in the Laugh Lab's study about what's funny, or read a study that shows how laughter can even cure hives!). But I still haven't found anyone researching the physiological, psychological or sociological benefits of fun.
My guesses:
* FUN is too hard to measure
* it's too hard to get funding to study FUN
* If you have to prove that FUN is worthwhile, we're all beyond help
Is FUN more important than laughter? I think so. Because you can spend more time having FUN than you can laughing. On the other hand, the kind of FUN I most enjoy having is the FUN that makes me laugh.
from Bernie DeKoven's FunLog
The article begins thuslyish:
The difference between FUN and laughter? You can have FUN without laughing. Some people, sadly, can even laugh without having FUN.
To my knowledge, there are vast collections of studies about the healing powers of laughter and humor (see for example Lee Berk's research, or look at a site called "Laughing Out Loud," or particpate in the Laugh Lab's study about what's funny, or read a study that shows how laughter can even cure hives!). But I still haven't found anyone researching the physiological, psychological or sociological benefits of fun.
My guesses:
* FUN is too hard to measure
* it's too hard to get funding to study FUN
* If you have to prove that FUN is worthwhile, we're all beyond help
Is FUN more important than laughter? I think so. Because you can spend more time having FUN than you can laughing. On the other hand, the kind of FUN I most enjoy having is the FUN that makes me laugh.
from Bernie DeKoven's FunLog
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