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Laughing seems to have multiple functions all of which likely evolved from a necessity for babies to signal all is good and positive emotion. Since laughing signals positive emotion it is used to signal absence of threat. Absence of threat can mean that oneself is not a threat, i.e. a low status signal. | Laughing seems to have multiple functions all of which likely evolved from a necessity for babies to signal all is good and positive emotion. Since laughing signals positive emotion it is used to signal absence of threat. Absence of threat can mean that oneself is not a threat, i.e. a low status signal. | ||
Laughing can act as a signal of | Laughing can act as a signal of admitting someone more (intellectual) status, e.g. by laughing about people's jokes. Conversely, people laugh about jokes to signal they understood it, i.e. to assert status themselves. | ||
People might subconsciously do this to appease to the higher status individual in hope for increasing one's social capital. For example, people more often laugh about jokes told by a more attractive man<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Attractive_men_are_perceived_as_.27funnier.27.2C_even_when_they_are_actually_not</ref> and attractiveness is moderately related to status.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#A_man.27s_looks_are_significantly_correlated_with_his_popularity_and_peer_status</ref> | |||
There is also the hearty laugh, which is excessively low in pitch, and perceived as incredibly dominant may largely be motivated by showing off one's clarity, depth and loudness of voice which men use as means of intimidation, but which is likely also under [[beauty|aesthetic sexual selection]]. Very related to this there is the evil laugh which signals indifference to someone's suffering/low status (schadenfreude) and hence signals superiority.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_laughter</ref> | There is also the hearty laugh, which is excessively low in pitch, and perceived as incredibly dominant may largely be motivated by showing off one's clarity, depth and loudness of voice which men use as means of intimidation, but which is likely also under [[beauty|aesthetic sexual selection]]. Very related to this there is the evil laugh which signals indifference to someone's suffering/low status (schadenfreude) and hence signals superiority.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_laughter</ref> | ||