It has successfully explained (to my own satisfaction only) every humor example I’ve ever encountered, including extreme outliers. It’s a reasonably comprehensive examination of all causes of humor response variability (but maybe there are some I missed). Clash Theory explains, predicts response, and assists construction both in editing and in generating.
However, independent experimental testing of Clash Theory has never been done. Not yet. I would like it to, but I’ve found my wishes are seldom granted immediately. I’ve met people who run humor experiments and I find their work extremely interesting. I’m not set up to run any experiments (I’m a theoretician), but in any case it’s a task better done by people who are not me. I’m sure I’ve made errors or missed nuances or expressed ideas in ways that could be improved. Why Funny Is Funny mentions many specific technical areas for further research. Quite probably some or much of this has already been done and I haven’t encountered it yet.
What experimental tests has clash theory survived?
All of them, but also none of them.
It has successfully explained (to my own satisfaction only) every humor example I’ve ever encountered, including extreme outliers. It’s a reasonably comprehensive examination of all causes of humor response variability (but maybe there are some I missed). Clash Theory explains, predicts response, and assists construction both in editing and in generating.
However, independent experimental testing of Clash Theory has never been done. Not yet. I would like it to, but I’ve found my wishes are seldom granted immediately. I’ve met people who run humor experiments and I find their work extremely interesting. I’m not set up to run any experiments (I’m a theoretician), but in any case it’s a task better done by people who are not me. I’m sure I’ve made errors or missed nuances or expressed ideas in ways that could be improved. Why Funny Is Funny mentions many specific technical areas for further research. Quite probably some or much of this has already been done and I haven’t encountered it yet.