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I would say that the higher the intelligence of a person the wider the range of humour he or she will be able to recognise, but quite possibly the lower the range of humour that he or she will actually be amused by. For instance, I consider myself intelligent and able to recognise fairly subtle humour that a less intelligent person may miss and take literally, but there is alot of humour that I can recognise as being supposed to be funny, but I do not find it funny myself (e.g. many sitcoms).
There are also cultural differences involved too, not only in terms of cultural references but also in the way that a remark might be understood. Something that a European might say might be taken as humourous by another European but totally missed by an American, and again vice-versa. That is something that I see happening quite a lot on this board.
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