For Wikipedia: some counterexamples to Bergson (and coding appendix)

This paper presents some counterexamples to Bergson’s thesis that we laugh when a human being behaves as if he (or she) were a simple machine. The first counterexample concerns laughing in anticipation of the amusing jokes and anecdotes that a man of a certain visage certainly knows. The second counterexample concerns laughing at the ability to overcome defensive behaviour in a foreign land: one merely laughs without actually doing the planned overcoming. The third counterexample concerns laughing at insensible projects that you will surely also attempt.