# What Is the Biological Price of Humor by Isabel Behncke Izquierdo > “What is the biological price of being a species with a sense of humor?” > **— Isabel Behncke Izquierdo**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Isabel Behncke Izquierdo](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27737) — Isabel Behncke Izquierdo's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-012). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/Project Hail Mary and Other Intelligences|Project Hail Mary and Other Intelligences]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Human Animality|Human Animality]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “What is the biological price of being a species with a sense of humor?” — Isabel Behncke Izquierdo, 2018 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-isabel-izquierdo-biological-price-humor ```