which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Question

explain why you chose that answer.

Answer 1

the chicken. because God created the chicked ha! ! ! ! !

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

Chicken, god created everything from dirt and sand. If the egg came first, thats just as dumb as saying little human fertilized eggs came first. Sat around the earth for 9 months then jumped out and forged for itself.

Answer 4

The answer depends on what I believe. If I believe in God and the theory of creation, then I say chicken. If I believe in the theory of evolution, I say egg.

Answer 5

Yeah I'm going with D21 on this one. god created all the animals and gave them seeds to reproduce,therefore it was first the chicken then the egg...

Answer 6

It's hard to say...I think it depends on how long the foreplay lasted,but I'm bettin on the chicken!

Answer 7

The chicken because it used a vibrator on the highest setting!

Answer 8

egg

Answer 9

Egg. No one said it had to be a hen's egg, and dinosaurs and fish had eggs. :D

Answer 10

if the egg was first, was the styrofoam package there already?