2006-12-05 00:25:06 · 15 answers · asked by Charles 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
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.
If you believe in the Bible, the chicken came first. "And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. And God said, 'Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven'." Genesis 1:19-20. Chickens are a type of fowl, so the Christian Bible says that chickens came first.
If you have a different religion, you might have a different belief about the how the treasures of the earth came to be. In the science of evolution, both chickens and eggs came before man. Since both the birds and the eggs were on earth first, historians weren't around to record which came first.
Whichever answer you gave, it's okay. A chicken can't be born without a chicken egg and a chicken egg can't be laid without a chicken. Both chickens and eggs are important!
2006-12-05 01:43:16 · answer #1 · answered by sara657915 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the chicken, but chicken comes from an egg? But an egg comes from a chicken... so, we cant possibly answer this question
2006-12-05 00:29:38 · answer #2 · answered by Cute F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken came first.
2006-12-05 01:27:19 · answer #3 · answered by bellefire016 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can there be an egg without a chicken to lay it?
the CHICKEN!
2006-12-05 00:28:36 · answer #4 · answered by truthwalker7 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The egg. From a hen. Who was once a chicken.....
2006-12-05 00:39:05 · answer #5 · answered by FM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definetly the chicken. God created all the animals not their eggs so, of course the chicken came first.
2006-12-05 00:27:05 · answer #6 · answered by caitig90 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The chicken
2006-12-05 00:27:47 · answer #7 · answered by Lov'n IT! 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The egg. Reptiles use to lay eggs too.
2006-12-05 01:38:48 · answer #8 · answered by A.M. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the egg cause the chicken had to come from somewhere.....
2006-12-05 01:24:50 · answer #9 · answered by LittleBit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Egg.... to have the chicken which laid the egg.
Im guessing this is the correct answer???
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2006-12-05 00:29:34 · answer #10 · answered by Such A Chicka 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋