“Jokes often arise involuntarily, like dreams, and tend to be swiftly forgotten. From these similarities Freud inferred that jokes and dreams share a common origin in the unconscious. Both are essentially means of outwitting our inner 'censor'.” MeanDreamCommonShareHumourJokesForgottenAriseUnconsciousSimilarityOutwitting Book:Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes Source: Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes
