what came first, the chicken or the egg?

The answer is that this is the wrong question.

 

The trouble here is in the word first. A human life contains many firsts, so the word comes easily to our lips. For example, a Creationist asked me how the metamorphosis of a butterfly occurred "for the first time".

 

French is called a Romance language because it is descended from Roman, that is, from classical Latin. Across the last 2,000 years, the language changed bit by bit. We have documents from many of the intervening centuries, and each is written in something not quite Latin, and not quite French. They are intermediate.

 

So, who was the first person to speak French?

 

You can see that the question simply makes no sense. There was never a moment when French suddenly leapt into existence. There was no first French speaker.

 

Was there a first chicken? Some flavors of Creationism say there was. But Darwin suggested that species change slowly - in fact, much more slowly than French did. And we do have fossils showing just that sort of change.

 

So, imagine a lizard which laid a lizard egg. Millions of years later, its descendant was a chicken, which lays a chicken egg. But there was no moment when chicken-ness suddenly leapt into existence. Similarly, there was no first land animal, there was no first lung, and there was no first skeleton. The current scientific theory has all of these coming about bit by bit.

 

In short, if a species was created abruptly, then a chicken-and-egg question make sense. But if that species evolved, then there was no first chicken, and there was no first egg.

 

:P

what came first' date=' the chicken or the egg?[/quote']

 

lol what kind of bullshit is this i realy dont have a clue and i dont really care hahah but i voted for chicken :P

and wow ian i learn something from u everyday hehe :D

i voted for egg. the creature before the egg, wasnt a chicken. but the first egg was a real chickenegg, so therefor it was there before the chicken itself...hmmm...i'm babeling :D

hahahahaah your making me laugh :D

i chose egg just becuz i like it more than chicken. actually i hate chicken!!!! yuk!

lol ok that will do :D

i chose egg just becuz i like it more than chicken. actually i hate chicken!!!! yuk!

mmmm, chicken.... I had it toninght, with asparages!!

to mr bussybeeburns thanks for the contribution but im only having a laugh. i think you have missed the yoke- i mean joke!!! sorry about the pun!! i dont seriously care either, as i sed im just having a laugh. What wud u vote for if u had to by the way

big YUK

ewww i dont like asparages!! soooo yuk!!! :shock:

what came first' date=' the chicken or the egg?[/quote']

 

lol what kind of bullshit is this i realy dont have a clue and i dont really care hahah but i voted for chicken :P

haha exactly.. i voted the same and the person that posted this must have been really bored hehe :P

like all the other threads he made

The answer is that this is the wrong question.

 

The trouble here is in the word first. A human life contains many firsts, so the word comes easily to our lips. For example, a Creationist asked me how the metamorphosis of a butterfly occurred "for the first time".

 

French is called a Romance language because it is descended from Roman, that is, from classical Latin. Across the last 2,000 years, the language changed bit by bit. We have documents from many of the intervening centuries, and each is written in something not quite Latin, and not quite French. They are intermediate.

 

So, who was the first person to speak French?

 

You can see that the question simply makes no sense. There was never a moment when French suddenly leapt into existence. There was no first French speaker.

 

Was there a first chicken? Some flavors of Creationism say there was. But Darwin suggested that species change slowly - in fact, much more slowly than French did. And we do have fossils showing just that sort of change.

 

So, imagine a lizard which laid a lizard egg. Millions of years later, its descendant was a chicken, which lays a chicken egg. But there was no moment when chicken-ness suddenly leapt into existence. Similarly, there was no first land animal, there was no first lung, and there was no first skeleton. The current scientific theory has all of these coming about bit by bit.

 

In short, if a species was created abruptly, then a chicken-and-egg question make sense. But if that species evolved, then there was no first chicken, and there was no first egg.

 

:P

 

I learned this in my philosophy class...you're smart Ian... :)

i say the chicken because eggs don't really exist - we just think they do - so do i - and me too :D

:shock:

simong makes me laugh :D

to mr bussybeeburns thanks for the contribution but im only having a laugh. i think you have missed the yoke- i mean joke!!! sorry about the pun!! i dont seriously care either' date=' as i sed im just having a laugh. What wud u vote for if u had to by the way[/quote']

 

If I was eggstremely pushed for an answer I'd have to say chicken :)

to mr bussybeeburns thanks for the contribution but im only having a laugh. i think you have missed the yoke- i mean joke!!! sorry about the pun!! i dont seriously care either' date=' as i sed im just having a laugh. What wud u vote for if u had to by the way[/quote']

 

If I was eggstremely pushed for an answer I'd have to say chicken :)

 

Clever clever boy.... :D

:P :D

 

*cluck*

how long did it took you to find that off the net :P

to long

lol :lol:

to mr bussybeeburns thanks for the contribution but im only having a laugh. i think you have missed the yoke- i mean joke!!! sorry about the pun!! i dont seriously care either' date=' as i sed im just having a laugh. What wud u vote for if u had to by the way[/quote']

 

If I was eggstremely pushed for an answer I'd have to say chicken :)

LOL :D i liked that one!