RE: Entropy, Kalam, and First Cause
March 18, 2015 at 4:24 pm
(This post was last modified: March 18, 2015 at 4:31 pm by Alex K.)
(March 18, 2015 at 4:15 pm)Norman Humann Wrote: I don't see the sarcasm sign, so I'm assuming you're serious.
But... but... arrghh!
I know, I know. I'll talk to a professional about that. It's just... orthography... I... bah.
It's not quite sarcasm.... It's something more subtle, in which I say something true (the physics is roughly correct), but in unnecessary and unexpected detail and with a bit of theatrical hyperbole, for comedic effect. I don't know whether there is a name for that. I think if successful, it generates some of the comedy by contrasting an exaggerated explanation with a sudden negation. According to a book by freud I once read, that element of surprise is how most jokes generate their humour.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition