Yes. But then, I like to think of myself as funny. :)

Lots of people find farting funny. It is subjective, so I would have to say no. I think it takes intelligence to be witty though.

For certain sorts of humour, yes, but 'funny' comes in many different forms. There are incredibly intelligent witty people who can crack people up every time they open their mouth, but you also see dumb people doing and saying stupid things that are hilarious... this "3 stooges" kind of humour is not as sophisticated, but it can sure be funny. Just picture someone running face-first into a glass door that they thought was an empty space, and you'll see that lack of intelligence can be as funny as razor-sharp wit.

God LOVE YOU! This is a GREAT question! Thumbs-up. In my very humble opinion, yes...and no. Yes, it requires some type of intelligence. But not intelligence in the typical sense, and not in the way most people THINK about the term "intelligence." I have spoken about intelligence before on AB. I am going to cut-and-paste part of my answer from that question below. But my short answer is that it requires a special type of intelligence to be "funny." That doesn't necessarily mean the same type of intelligence where you are good at mathematics or can decipher a poem from Middle English. ___________________ Intelligence or "smartness" is difficult to qualify. There are myriad of categories that a human can be "smart" in. I assume our intelligence looks something like this: - ----- ------------------------------ ------- -- ---------- ------------. (going on and on for quite a while) with each line representing a different area of intelligence or talent. If that were the beginning of my chart, the first line could be for my low math skills; second line organization; third kindness to other humans (hopefully)...and on and on. So in this respect, how smart you are is not determined by technologies outside of ourselves: intelligence is determined predominately by the genes one was born. But also, human effort can come into play. For instance, just because my genes say I should NOT be playing the piano*, I also have free will and perhaps I can work and work and ultimately acquire some skills in that area. On the other hand, I DEFINITELY believe that the technology has given us immense access to swift "knowledge." But knowledge and intelligence are two separate things. An example of this difference is that, if I am five years old and just learning how to read, I might have three full sets of encyclopedia britanicas at my disposal. The knowledge is there but I haven't yet the intelligence to make use of it. The same would be true of a full-grown adult who has special mental health issues and lives in a assisted living situation. If they have an encyclopedia, they might even have the ability to read the words aloud, remember and memorize them. However, if they don't understand the sense of the sentence, then they have access to knowledge without intelligence. A less extreme example might be: a normal, non-scientific human like myself who has read over and over about Einstein's thought experiments. I can recite some theorems and formulas from memory. I have the knowledge yet not the intelligence to understand all that I have read. Imho, the knowledge we gain from having so much information available does not make us smarter. It provides us with extra, external brains, like more filing cabinets where we can stor more and more information. But then we have to be able to USE the information. And it's the ability to use information that equates with human intellect. *Perhaps my genes have given me: stubby fingers, a tin ear, poor sense of rhythm, and legs so short I can't reach the pedal.

Lots of things can be funny. Intelligent use of words is one of them.

No idiots can be as fuunny too.

No idiots can be as fuunny too.

I think it all depends on your own definition of funny. What's funny to one person, is not to another. Clowns can be funny, I doubt if a lot of them are intelligent though. In retrospect I think a fair majority of comedians have a modicum of intelligence in order to deliver and time their jokes.

I don't think so. It really just depends on what a persons opinion of funny is. I think what is funny is purely based on opinion. A dumb person and a smart person could think the same thing is funny, what you and your friends think is funny, someone else might not. Humor is just various in mechanisms and subjects. It's not something I'm good at explianing but I'm most positive that the funniest person in the world could be the most unfunny person in the world too-it just depends on the audience. I don't think it takes intelligence, just good observation skills.

No = Jeff Foxworthy, and other redneck comedians.

Apparently not. A friend brought over a movie last night that I thought was the stupidest thing I had ever seen. Although, from what I've heard the masses seem to think it's funny. The movie was called JackAss 2. I guess, people didn't get enough of the idiocy from the first one and they made another.

Intelligence is not a pre-requisite characteristic of a funny person. Case in point: Rush Limbaugh.

I would definetley say YES because if you don't know a funny joke and your just standing there just saying "And then the guy at the bar said "uhhhhh" The people your telling it to aren't going to think your a very intellegent person,So try expanding your vocabulary by lokking at the dictionary. It really helps!

No. You don't have to be smart to be funny. Just a good sense of humor and cleverness.

No. But it does require intelligence to pick up the subtleties and nuances of sophisticated humor. Here are some crude examples. A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow. Man who take lady on camping trip, have one intent.

It takes intelligence to be witty/funny, but some people are unintentionally funny and that is usually because they are not too intelligent or maybe it would be kinder to say quick on the uptake or lack a sense of humour. It is all relative we all have a different concept of what is funny It certainly does not take education because street smrts are often much more humorous than academic smarts

no way

No. Stupid people are funny in and of themselves. I site AFV and network programming as proof.I think it takes intelligence to find humor.

Not necessarily. Take, er... Drew Carey for instance. (I'm not going to use the obvious Jeff Foxworthy as an example because I don't find him all that funny.) But on the other hand, look at me, I'm intelligent, and get laughs on at least 50% of my answers and comments whether I like it or not. Intelligence is'nt a prerequisite to humor, but it helps for certain kinds of humor.

I have seen people say really funny things because they are really dumb, or at least as I see it