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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: Why do we laugh at people when they hurt themselves? Do other species do this as well?
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Bergson proposed a theory that laughter is our form of social reprimand. We only laugh at those we know havent hurt themselves seriously. While its true that laughing at someone indicates a feeling of relief that the injured isnt too badly hurt, it also acts as a kind of derision to make the person who tripped or hurt themselves aware that they did something wrong. Its a social corrective, a primal alert that explains why being laughed at will make you feel embarassed.