• lugal@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Honestly, I was just joking. For me this is more like the ship of Theseus showing that there is no such thing as a first chicken or a first egg.

          • oo1@lemmings.world
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            6 days ago

            Which came first:

            • A chicken or an egg
            • A chicken or the egg
            • The chicken or an egg
            • The chicken or the egg
            • The chicken or its egg ?

            If the definite article is used then it should be clear from the physical or literal context eggsactly which chicken and which egg are the subjects. This makes the answer a simple matter of asking each for its birth certificate.

            If the question has been taken out of context or misquoted - and is now meaningless - well that’s just typical sloppy journalism.