How Long to Read Inside Jokes

By Matthew M. Hurley

How Long Does it Take to Read Inside Jokes?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 11 minutes to read Inside Jokes by Matthew M. Hurley

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Some things are funny -- jokes, puns, sitcoms, Charlie Chaplin, The Far Side, Malvolio with his yellow garters crossed -- but why? Why does humor exist in the first place? Why do we spend so much of our time passing on amusing anecdotes, making wisecracks, watching The Simpsons? In Inside Jokes, Matthew Hurley, Daniel Dennett, and Reginald Adams offer an evolutionary and cognitive perspective. Humor, they propose, evolved out of a computational problem that arose when our long-ago ancestors were furnished with open-ended thinking. Mother Nature -- aka natural selection -- cannot just order...

How long is Inside Jokes?

Inside Jokes by Matthew M. Hurley is 359 pages long, and a total of 92,981 words.

This makes it 121% the length of the average book. It also has 114% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Inside Jokes Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 28 minutes to read Inside Jokes aloud.

What Reading Level is Inside Jokes?

Inside Jokes is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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