Nerdy Science Blog

Meredith F. Small wrote that sarcasm is skill for social survival.  Dr. Katherine Rankin, neurophysiologist at the University of California discovered that sarcasm is important (both positive and negative) in human social interaction.  If  you don’t get sarcastic jokes, it is probably your part of your right brain (parahippocampal gyrus) is damaged.  It is said that people decide how important a friend is based on how well one get their jokes.  So don’t blame me being sarcastic (which I always do, and that proves I’m more evolved than those who don’t get my sarcastic jokes).