# Cute, sexy, sweet, funny

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2009
- Speaker: Dan Dennett
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_cute_sexy_sweet_funny)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Why are babies cute? Why is cake sweet? Philosopher Dan Dennett has answers you wouldn't expect, as he shares evolution's counterintuitive reasoning on cute, sweet and sexy things (plus a new theory from Matthew Hurley on why jokes are funny).

## Lectures

1. [Cute, sexy, sweet, funny](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/dan_dennett_cute_sexy_sweet_funny/0781b3909334), 8 min (TED's player)