what came first. chicken or egg?

peeted · 05-29-2006, 12:16 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/05/26/chicken.egg/

aparentley the egg.

intresting.

DaveIsWrong · 05-29-2006, 12:22 PM

Actually, you could also say that the egg came first because the question never specifies which species of egg. And see as how dinosaurs laid eggs long before chickens ever existed, the egg did come first. But that's just based on a technicality.

peeted · 05-29-2006, 12:24 PM

well yea but the comparison and the choice of article in the sentence strongley sugest that the egg be a chicken egg.

spitfirejunky · 05-29-2006, 12:30 PM

Never thought of it that way.

Danger Bird · 05-29-2006, 01:11 PM

But can you really call an egg created by two non-chickens a "chicken egg"?

*Dave de Sylvia* · 05-29-2006, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Led-Zeppelin

But can you really call an egg created by two non-chickens a "chicken egg"?

Depends upon whether there's a chicken in it or not.

Danger Bird · 05-29-2006, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spat Out Plath

Depends upon whether there's a chicken in it or not.

Says who?

*Dave de Sylvia* · 05-29-2006, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Led-Zeppelin

Says who?

Mother Goose?

Danger Bird · 05-29-2006, 01:33 PM

What the fuck does a goose know about chickens?

Curtis89 · 05-29-2006, 01:33 PM

I'd think anyone who's taken biology would have already figured it was the egg for the same reasons this article mentions.

dislocated214 · 05-29-2006, 01:35 PM

Egg.

/end.

Danger Bird · 05-29-2006, 01:36 PM

I think the real question is: Which is more delicious? Of course the answer is egg.

italic zero · 05-29-2006, 01:37 PM

I used logic and figured this out when I was 12.

~~coheneran~~ · 05-29-2006, 01:38 PM

This is all good and fine, but what does it forbode for us commoners? Not higher taxes I hopes.

Anyway, this question is philosophical and was answered scientifically, according to the theory of evolution. According to ID, the chicken came first, because God first created animals, not their eggs.

Curtis89 · 05-29-2006, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Led-Zeppelin

I think the real question is: Which is more delicious? Of course the answer is egg.

You must be kidding.. Chicken is way better.

Substitute · 05-29-2006, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curtis89

You must be kidding.. Chicken is way better.

I second that.

Danger Bird · 05-29-2006, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curtis89

You must be kidding.. Chicken is way better.

Maybe fried, but if you pitch every way of preparing chicken against every way of preparing egg, it's no contest.

sweboy · 05-29-2006, 03:06 PM

If you look at it in a different way, you could say that the chicken came first. It depends on how you define chicken. As 1. An embryo with the DNA of a chicken, which will later become a chicken, or 2. A borned chicken (the reason for this option would be the idea that it's not a chicken until it has fully turned into one physically, even if it has the DNA of one)

If you go with 1, the egg came first: The first chicken egg is layed by a different specie.

If you go with 2, the chicken came first: The first chicken developed from the egg/embryo of a different specie.

I would personlly go with option 1, like the scientists in the article, and say that the egg came first.

PerpetualBurn · 05-29-2006, 03:11 PM

Why the bloody hell can't I get a research grant to figure out this kind of obvious stuff?

~~coheneran~~ · 05-29-2006, 03:17 PM

Try for a research grant to see if falling trees make noise when no one's around.

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05-29-2006, 12:22 PM	#2
DaveIsWrong Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 1,242	Actually, you could also say that the egg came first because the question never specifies which species of egg. And see as how dinosaurs laid eggs long before chickens ever existed, the egg did come first. But that's just based on a technicality.

05-29-2006, 12:24 PM	#3
peeted O.o Join Date: May 2004 Location: Leeds UK Posts: 5,389	well yea but the comparison and the choice of article in the sentence strongley sugest that the egg be a chicken egg.

05-29-2006, 12:30 PM	#4
spitfirejunky A raft of happiness. Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: A room a thousand years wide. Posts: 6,284	Never thought of it that way.

05-29-2006, 01:11 PM	#5
Danger Bird └╫╨┼┴┬╨╥╫─█▓▒░ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: near Seattle Posts: 11,903	But can you really call an egg created by two non-chickens a "chicken egg"?

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Danger Bird └╫╨┼┴┬╨╥╫─█▓▒░ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: near Seattle Posts: 11,903	What the fuck does a goose know about chickens?

05-29-2006, 01:33 PM	#10
Curtis89 music, etc Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: South Jersey Posts: 643	I'd think anyone who's taken biology would have already figured it was the egg for the same reasons this article mentions.

05-29-2006, 01:35 PM	#11
dislocated214 The Boogeyman Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,666	Egg. /end.

05-29-2006, 01:36 PM	#12
Danger Bird └╫╨┼┴┬╨╥╫─█▓▒░ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: near Seattle Posts: 11,903	I think the real question is: Which is more delicious? Of course the answer is egg.

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italic zero klik Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Boston Posts: 7,353	I used logic and figured this out when I was 12.

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~~coheneran~~ Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: In the company of the aggrieved Posts: 8,868	This is all good and fine, but what does it forbode for us commoners? Not higher taxes I hopes. Anyway, this question is philosophical and was answered scientifically, according to the theory of evolution. According to ID, the chicken came first, because God first created animals, not their eggs.

05-29-2006, 03:06 PM	#18
sweboy Derep'd in the Pitotorium Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In the wake! of existance Posts: 18,700	If you look at it in a different way, you could say that the chicken came first. It depends on how you define chicken. As 1. An embryo with the DNA of a chicken, which will later become a chicken, or 2. A borned chicken (the reason for this option would be the idea that it's not a chicken until it has fully turned into one physically, even if it has the DNA of one) If you go with 1, the egg came first: The first chicken egg is layed by a different specie. If you go with 2, the chicken came first: The first chicken developed from the egg/embryo of a different specie. I would personlly go with option 1, like the scientists in the article, and say that the egg came first.

05-29-2006, 03:11 PM	#19
PerpetualBurn Like a greasy chip butty Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Highway 61 (again) Posts: 9,447	Why the bloody hell can't I get a research grant to figure out this kind of obvious stuff?

05-29-2006, 03:17 PM	#20
~~coheneran~~ Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: In the company of the aggrieved Posts: 8,868	Try for a research grant to see if falling trees make noise when no one's around.