The chicken or the egg is a reference to the causality dilemma which arises from the expression "which came first, the chicken or the egg?". When used in reference to difficult problems, a chicken and egg problem is similar to a Catch 22 situation where something cannot happen until a second thing does, and the second thing cannot happen until the first does. For example, a person might have trouble finding a job without work experience, but to get work experience he/she must get a job.
The earliest reference to the dilemma is found in Plutarch's Moralia, in the books titled "Table Talk," in a series of arguments based on questions posed in a symposium. Under the section entitled, "Whether the hen or the egg came first," the discussion is introduced in such a way as to suggest that the origin of the dilemma was even older:
"...the problem about the egg and the hen, which of them came first, was dragged into our talk, a difficult problem which gives investigators much trouble. And Sulla my comrade said that with a small problem, as with a tool, we were rocking loose a great and heavy one, that of the creation of the world..."
2006-08-03 01:59:26
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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the chicken the egg came from the chook
2006-08-03 04:25:09
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answer #2
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answered by Anonymous
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egg come first before chicken
2006-08-03 04:25:13
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answer #3
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answered by mary j 1
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By following the evolution process you can know it exploring the knowledge of the emerge of first life on earth.
2006-08-03 04:30:27
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answered by Lutfor 3
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The dinosaur came first, hence chicken still retain reptilian skin i.e. scales.
2006-08-03 04:27:02
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answer #5
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answered by J9 6
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it was actually a bird simillar to a chicken that had the dna or whatever to evolve into a chicken like creature
2006-08-03 04:25:16
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answered by ladysunshineau 4
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the egg was first duhh....remember...you had it for breakfast and the chicken was for dinner
2006-08-03 04:24:51
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answered by GUNN3R17 4
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God created chikens so that they could create eggs :-)
2006-08-03 04:25:19
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answered by < Roger That > 5
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none! pig came first!
2006-08-03 04:29:21
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answer #9
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answered by yen12rs 3
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what comes first??? ofcourse sperm!
2006-08-03 04:25:37
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answered by disaztershobz 2
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