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What came first? The Hen or the Egg? What do you think and why?
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courtrigrad said:Then what came before the hen?
NewScientist said:Chicken - you can create a chicken hrough evolution but the egg can only come from a chicken and so the chicken must come first.
Just logic guys!
-NewScientist
luxv66 said:The chicken in question didn't just form out of a pile of goo even if is was through evolution. Our final chicken still had to have been hatched at some point.
luxv66 said:Well to avoid turning this into a relgious thread we can agree that an ACTUAL chicken came before an ACTUAL egg. ;)
luxv66 said:Well to avoid turning this into a relgious thread we can agree that an ACTUAL chicken came before an ACTUAL egg. ;)
selfAdjoint said:Dinosaurs didn't lay actual eggs?
NewScientist said:i don't agree an actual Chicken became before a chicken egg as explained above
I have to agree with Brewnog. There were eggs before there were chickens. If you specify that you mean a chicken egg then the egg must have been laid by a chicken to be a chicken egg.brewnog said:If the question is "what came first, the chicken or the chicken egg" then the chicken came first: The first ever chicken much have been hatched from an egg which was not that of a chicken. A chicken egg must originate from a chicken, so the product of whatever predecessed the chicken must have been some other kind of egg.
So there's a chicken and an egg lying in bed. The chicken is looking pissed off, and the egg has a big grin on his face, and is smoking a cigarette. The egg says "so now we know the answer to that question!"
dduardo said:What we call a chicken egg came about from a DNA mutation. Therefore the story goes like this:
1) A bird (NOT a chicken) developed an egg which had a DNA mutation.
2) This mutated egg is what we call a chicken egg.
3) Once this chicken egg developed it was laid
4) A chicken hatches from this egg.
The Egg came first.
It's all about defining what a chicken egg is. What if it was the Male gamete that provided the mutation after the egg was laid.. so it was just a normal bird egg but hatched a "chicken" (which would go on to lay 'chicken eggs' instead of 'bird eggs')dduardo said:What we call a chicken egg came about from a DNA mutation. Therefore the story goes like this:
1) A bird (NOT a chicken) developed an egg which had a DNA mutation.
2) This mutated egg is what we call a chicken egg.
3) Once this chicken egg developed it was laid
4) A chicken hatches from this egg.
The Egg came first.
The "Egg and Chicken" paradox is a philosophical question that asks which came first, the chicken or the egg. It is a paradox because both the chicken and the egg are dependent on each other for existence, making it difficult to determine which came first.
The scientific explanation for the "Egg and Chicken" paradox is based on the theory of evolution. According to this theory, the first chicken evolved from a different species through genetic mutations. This means that the first chicken must have come from an egg laid by a different bird species, making the egg the first of its kind.
Yes, there is scientific evidence that supports the theory that the Egg came first. Fossil records show that eggs have existed long before chickens, dating back to dinosaurs and other ancient species. This supports the idea that the first chicken must have come from an egg.
No, we cannot definitively say that the Egg came first. While there is evidence to support this theory, it is still a topic of debate and cannot be proven with absolute certainty. The "Egg and Chicken" paradox remains a philosophical question with no clear answer.
The "Egg and Chicken" paradox is important in science because it highlights the complex and interconnected nature of evolution. It also challenges our understanding of cause and effect, and encourages critical thinking about the origins of life. It is a reminder that even seemingly simple questions can have complex and thought-provoking answers.