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"'''Joking is a dangerous game'''" is an essay by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]].

== Joking is a dangerous game ==

<blockquote>Joking is a dangerous game. In general I am against jokes about serious topics.

Jokes can raise awareness, which is a good thing.

But they necessarily raise emotion, which is a bad thing (f you believe, as I do, that rational thought is highly survival-oriented, emotion not so much).

And, like oracles, jokes can be interpreted *any way one likes*, which diminishes or ruins the awareness value.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==

* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]

== Nonfiction cross-reference ==

== External links ==

* [https://www.facebook.com/barbara.hager.146/posts/10219025569297676?comment_id=10219032835439325&reply_comment_id=10219033013723782 Comment] @ Facebook

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