2006-08-04 09:57:19 · 10 answers · asked by diana o 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
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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..."
Various answers have been formulated in response to the question, many of them humourous.
2006-08-05 21:41:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg that produced the first chicken must have come first. The egg contained the final gene mutation from the "parent " species that became the chicken. Any new creature starts as in is youngest state. Contrary to sci-fi flicks, an adult organism doesn't morph into something else. Sorry all your werewolf and xmen fans!
2006-08-04 17:04:17 · answer #2 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg. The chicken probably evolved.
2006-08-04 17:04:28 · answer #3 · answered by kitty45litter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Next time you decide to ask a question, use the search box to search for it. That way, you get the answers, don't waste points, and don't waste space towards the top of Answers pages where IMPORTANT questions could go.
By they way, the egg came first. It has been scientifically decided that the egg came first.
2006-08-04 17:01:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well of course the egg comes first then the egg hatches into a chicken.any more questions
2006-08-04 17:04:10 · answer #5 · answered by ___♥Lindsey{[I Give Up]} 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CHICKEN!!!! God created animals first and so he created the chicken first, which then layed eggs.
2006-08-04 19:25:32 · answer #6 · answered by Cheetahgal95 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the egg
2006-08-04 17:18:07 · answer #7 · answered by RandomPie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chicken man no questions asked, God created life and it starts with the chicken
2006-08-04 17:03:11 · answer #8 · answered by fatwhale90 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you read Genesis you will see that God created them both at the same time ( :
2006-08-04 17:47:58 · answer #9 · answered by Valerie R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either, lol
2006-08-04 17:00:47 · answer #10 · answered by godord14 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋