The media creates Artificial Risibility

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Every smile and laugh that you see on tv, in the movies, or in an advertisement is false.

This is explained by probability. The odds are diminishingly small that a person with a camera will be filming another person at the exact time that they are genuinely smiling or laughing.

This demonstrates the human talent for mimicking emotions. People are very good actors and actresses.

However, the result is a situation in which no one believes that other people are showing genuine emotion. "It's all an act." Our judicial system, with its juries, is a theater in which talented performances are commonly seen.

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