The smarter you are, the more you find funny.
So it's no surprise that smart folks from the higher echelons of every discipline have their own in-jokes.
But surely their knowledge isn't so specialized that you couldn't enjoy their jokes as well? Redditors recently took turns sharing their own favorite intellectual jokes and we've gathered our favorites here.
Instead of going to medical school, getting a linguistics degree, and brushing up on your art history, just check out this cheat sheet for our favorite "smart" jokes.
A photon is going through airport security. The TSA agent asks if he has any luggage. The photon says, "No, I'm traveling light."
It's funny because: "Traveling light" is a turn of phrase used to indicate traveling without much (or any) luggage. In science, a photon is a particle of light (almost always moving).
It's on this list because: Air travel, amirite?!
Pretentious? Moi?
It's funny because: Only a pretentious person whose daily life doesn't require French would actually say "moi" and mean it.
It's in this list because: Clocking in at two words, it's the shortest joke in the English language.
A logician's wife is having a baby. The doctor immediately hands the newborn to the dad. The wife says, "Is it a boy or a girl?" The logician says, "Yes."
It's funny because: Processing that question through Boolean logic, "yes" is technically correct. How would you answer if the question were "Is it a boy AND a girl?"
It's on this list because: Logicians don't get enough love.
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