cm0002@toast.ooo to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agoJust so there's no confusionlemmy.mlimagemessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1895arrow-down121
arrow-up1874arrow-down1imageJust so there's no confusionlemmy.mlcm0002@toast.ooo to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agomessage-square118fedilink
minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoI fool-proofed the question…“Which came first, the egg of a chicken, or the chicken?”. And you can’t say they use eggs in dinosaur shaped pasta. /s
minus-squarepinball_wizard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoIn that case the chicken came first, regardless of how we define “chicken”, we can reuse that definition for the first “chicken egg” it laid.
minus-squareGiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoBut how do we define a “chicken egg”? Is it an egg containing a chicken, or an egg that’s been laid by a chicken?
minus-squarepinball_wizard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoGood point. Now I’m less sure. I guess any “egg containing a chicken” came first, by definition. I don’t think I would accept anything that didn’t come from an egg as my canonical first chicken, anyway.
I fool-proofed the question…“Which came first, the egg of a chicken, or the chicken?”. And you can’t say they use eggs in dinosaur shaped pasta. /s
In that case the chicken came first, regardless of how we define “chicken”, we can reuse that definition for the first “chicken egg” it laid.
But how do we define a “chicken egg”? Is it an egg containing a chicken, or an egg that’s been laid by a chicken?
Good point. Now I’m less sure.
I guess any “egg containing a chicken” came first, by definition. I don’t think I would accept anything that didn’t come from an egg as my canonical first chicken, anyway.