Edward de Bono - It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, si...

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It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.

Edward de Bono

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Es hat mich immer wieder überrascht, wie wenig Aufmerksamkeit die Philosophen dem Humor gewidmet haben, da dies ein bedeutsamerer Prozess des Denkens ist als die Vernunft. Die Vernunft kann nur die Wahrnehmungen aussortieren, aber der Humorprozess hängt mit ihrer Veränderung zusammen.

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