[net.origins] HUMOROLOGY 101 - Elementary Humor Theory

rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (08/01/85)

[AS A PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE NET, WE ARE NOW OFFERING CLASSES FOR CREDIT VIA
	NETNEWS.  THE FIRST OF THESE IS HUMOROLOGY 101 AS TAUGHT BY PROFESSOR
	WAGSTAFF OF THE MCLEAN STEVENSON SCHOOL OF HUMOR AT HUXLEY COLLEGE.
	PROF. WAGSTAFF WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR HUMOR
	TECHNOLOGY, AND WAS THE FOUNDER OF HUMOROLOGISTS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
	SOCIETY.  HOWEVER, HE IS NO LONGER INVOLVED IN EITHER ENTERPRISE, SINCE
	NEITHER ORGANIZATION'S ACRONYM SCANS INTO SOMETHING HUMOROUS, AND SINCE
	HE BELIEVES THAT ANY ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD HAVE HIM AS A MEMBER ISN'T
	WORTH BELONGING TO.]

[NOTE:  the course will be posted only to net.bizarre, so those interested
	in particular topics associated with other groups listed below,
	be forewarned.]
				SYLLABUS
				--------
	LESSON 1:  ANALYSIS OF JOCULAR TECHNIQUE
[net.jokes{.d}]		joke templates
			vehicular substitution
			humor quotient (HQ)

	LESSON 2:  CALCULATING THE HUMOR QUOTIENT
[net.math]		funniness values
			PFV scale
			HQ formula

	LESSON 3:  MODERN HUMOR TECHNOLOGY
[net.ai,net.cse]	structured humor
			artificial humor (AH)
			humoristic algorithms and joke pattern recognition

	LESSON 4:  "I DON'T GET IT" - METHODOLOGIES OF HUMOR TRANSFERENCE
[net.physics]		Law of Conservation of Humor
			jocular energy
			elementary humor particles

	LESSON 5:  ORIGINS OF HUMOR
[net.origins,		Carlwinism and the theory of evolution of humor
 net.religion]		alternative theories of the origin of humor
			humor and the Bible

	LESSON 6:  CLASSIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF HUMOR  (*)
			humor types
			analysis of humor

	FINAL EXAM

(*) = if time permits
-- 
"Meanwhile, I was still thinking..."
				Rich Rosen  ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr