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[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago

I've always interpreted it as which came first, the chicken or the chicken egg?

I agree. And this boils down to how you define 'chicken egg'. If the definition is "egg laid by a chicken", then the chicken had to have come first. If it's "egg that hatches a chick" (which will grow into a chicken), then the egg must have come first. But this ignores the pretty huge problem of picking a precise point on the evolutionary timeline where a non-chicken gave birth to a chicken. There isn't going to be such a clearly-defined point.

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah, but it's at least an interesting pointless unsolvable conundrum, whereas the other interpretations aren't even interesting. Lol.

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