2006-10-21 07:17:19 · 22 answers · asked by Douglas H 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
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.
2006-10-22 04:19:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicken
2006-10-21 07:31:08 · answer #2 · answered by wittlewabbit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from earlier today ..... does anyone get this joke....?
a chicken and a egg were in bed together, they just finished having sex, the chicken turns to the egg and says do you think we should tell them?
My take is that chickens came first because the Bible tells us Noah took two chickens on the ark, but it doesn't say anything about eggs.
2006-10-21 07:26:12 · answer #3 · answered by lollipop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A blonde told me that the chicken came first, and the chicken was to chicken to lay the egg. So Dah ?
2006-10-21 07:25:51 · answer #4 · answered by just4fun20034 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The organism that evolved to become a Chicken, came first. Chickens or (proto Chickens ) evolved to produce eggs as we know them today.
2006-10-21 07:31:12 · answer #5 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg. a chicken does not have the capability to change its dna composition however an egg does. therefore the egg of something else evolved into a chicken.
and please try and check if a question has been answered before! i've answered this one about 8 times in the last month!
2006-10-21 07:21:01 · answer #6 · answered by Andromeda Newton™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a chicken and an egg lay in bed smoking cigarettes, one turns to the other and says "well that solves that one"!
2006-10-21 07:20:42 · answer #7 · answered by charlie a 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
literally? the chicken because if the egg came first it wouldn't last without somebody to keep it warm
2006-10-25 06:25:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the chicken came first it was the egg that evolved for self preservation
2006-10-21 07:21:38 · answer #9 · answered by wotaclot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the way I heard it...
The chicken leaned back against the headboard and lit a cigarette. The egg - looking rather disgusted - rolled over and said, "Well, I guess we've answered THAT question."
2006-10-21 08:20:00 · answer #10 · answered by JubJub 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋