2006-09-15 12:23:12 · 11 answers · asked by xlr8r3_17003 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
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?". Since both the chicken and the egg create the other in certain circumstances (a chicken emerges from an egg; an egg is laid by a chicken) it is ambiguous which originally gave rise to the other. Purely logical attempts to resolve the dilemma result in an infinite regress, since an egg was caused by a chicken, which was caused by an egg, etc. Since every chicken originates from its egg, it seems obvious the egg came first. Put simply, the reason is down to the fact that genetic material does not change during an animal's life. The solution may require an examination of syntax and may rely on verification from advances in modern genetic science. When used in reference to difficult problems of causality, the chicken and egg dilemma is often used to appeal to the futility of debate and lay it to rest.
History of the problem
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 humorous.
2006-09-16 20:14:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So you are dating which?
2006-09-15 20:14:14 · answer #2 · answered by aka DarthDad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicken.
2006-09-15 19:25:29 · answer #3 · answered by Mark C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 points came first
2006-09-15 19:28:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
space aliens, its a given
2006-09-15 19:25:10 · answer #5 · answered by Michelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
space aliens.
2006-09-15 19:26:47 · answer #6 · answered by A K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol....My way of thinking is this, God created all animals, so the chicken was first...then it laid eggs :)
2006-09-15 19:25:56 · answer #7 · answered by WENDY G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what did you think came first
2006-09-15 19:25:30 · answer #8 · answered by yeseniaocenasek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the rooster.
2006-09-15 19:33:08 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u are a dork!!
2006-09-15 19:41:22 · answer #10 · answered by Lady D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋