What came first the chicken or the egg?

SATAN · 10-17-2011

i say the chicken!

Chaotic · 10-17-2011

Chicken

MattKan · 10-17-2011

I believe chickens came first, because if only one egg spontaneously appeared, there wouldn't be any more chickens.

Kavan · 10-17-2011

Which came first, the chicken or the egg, eh?
A literal answer is somewhat obvious, as egg-laying species pre-date the existence of chickens. However, the metaphorical view sets a metaphysical ground to the dilemma. To better understand its metaphorical meaning, the question could be reformulated as: Which came first, X that can't come without Y, or Y that can't come without X?
So, in metaphorical terms, neither can come first, so your question cannot be answered.

Chaotic · 10-17-2011

Wikipedia?

MattKan · 10-18-2011

Posted by Kavan

Which came first, the chicken or the egg, eh?
A literal answer is somewhat obvious, as egg-laying species pre-date the existence of chickens. However, the metaphorical view sets a metaphysical ground to the dilemma. To better understand its metaphorical meaning, the question could be reformulated as: Which came first, X that can't come without Y, or Y that can't come without X?
So, in metaphorical terms, neither can come first, so your question cannot be answered.

A single chicken cannot produce an egg, and a single egg cannot produce an entire species.

So yeah, this cannot be answered.

Dusty · 10-18-2011

Velociraptors.

Maikeru · 10-18-2011

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_or_the_egg

Kavan · 10-18-2011

Posted by Chaotic

Wikipedia?

Yes. I was stuck for words, but I wanted to convey the same message.

Regretness · 10-18-2011

chicken. eggs cant survive in the cold

Chaotic · 10-18-2011

The chicken evolved from some egg laying bird, so one bird laid an egg and it hatched as a chicken, so the egg came first but some other species of bird laid it, so the chicken came before the chicken egg but the egg came before the chicken.

MattKan · 10-19-2011

Posted by The Bible

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

The chicken!

Cat612 · 10-19-2011

If you're religious, and believe in creation then the chicken.

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