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We adore babies because they're so cute. And, of course, we are amused by jokes because they are funny. This is all backwards. It is. And Darwin shows us why.
We adore babies because they're so cute. And, of course, we are amused by jokes because they are funny. This is all backwards. It is. And Darwin shows us why.
Approximate author period: c. 1983 AD · modern
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- Daniel Dennett
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- Approximate author period: c. 1983 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Daniel Dennett: life dates 1942 to 2024. Wikidata Q215263, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215263 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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