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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which came first? The chicken or the egg. *Think about it*

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the turkey.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the chicken came first LOL!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A mongoose.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a mongoose? ._.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lol, what's that anyways?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I was there, I watched it happen.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

LOL, I still say a chicken

OpenStudy (dumbcow):

Chicken

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A mongoose is a ferret like animal that eats eggs and fights snakes.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Turkey all the way

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yay , 2 votes lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

turkey? is not even part of the chicekn group vardy ;D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Neither. The proto-chicken came before both of them.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

chicken*

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You guys aren't thinking hard enough.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

proto? LOL! XD

OpenStudy (anonymous):

now this is getting interesting

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the chicken came first

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think you should define the word "or."

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Or = OR

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lol

OpenStudy (amistre64):

the chicken is the egg; the egg is the chicken; tell me which came first...you or you?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The missing link is the proto-chicken

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you LOL amistre

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is it an "and/or"?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Amistre, i came first, but this Q requires thinking.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

according to the question it's "or"?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Because in that case I say the same time.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the chicekn came first, :) and this question has to do with philosophy I guess

OpenStudy (amistre64):

it requires no thinking :) the egg and the chicken are the same... whats to think about? whats the center of the universe? whereever you are...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Nope, it's very simple.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

LOL! the chicken was created by God, then it laid some egg

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ANSWER IS coming right now....

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Who wants it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

On the other hand if you mean the exclusive or then I stay firm with my answer of the mongoose.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Somebody had to keep the egg warm. so the chicken

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The chicken or the egg causality dilemma is commonly stated as "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" To ancient philosophers, the question about the first chicken or egg also evoked the questions of how life and the universe in general began.[1] Cultural references to the chicken and egg intend to point out the futility of identifying the first case of a circular cause and consequence. It could be considered that in this approach lies the most fundamental nature of the question. A literal answer is somewhat obvious, as egg-laying species pre-date the existence of chickens. However, the metaphorical view sets a metaphysical ground to the dilemma. To better understand its metaphorical meaning, the question could be reformulated as: "Which came first, X that can't come without Y, or Y that can't come without X?" An equivalent situation arises in engineering and science known as circular reference, in which a parameter is required to calculate that parameter itself. Examples are Van der Waals equation and the famous Colebrook equation.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

WTF

OpenStudy (anonymous):

LOL iam :D!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

JUST LISTEN TO ME.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The egg came first.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

LMAO!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the chicken came first!

OpenStudy (amistre64):

the zygote came first ;)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Professor Mark Rodger and Dr David Quigley, from the University of Warwick, who helped develop a recent study with colleagues from Sheffield University, point out that in fact a key chicken protein, ovocleidin-17, which helps in the formation of the egg's hard shell, actually comes both before and after the egg shell. They say that this chemical quirk actually makes the question of which came first even more pointless than before. As Professor Mark Rodger says "Does this really prove the chicken came before the egg? Well this actually further underlines that it's a fun but pointless question. This science does however give new insight into an efficient and fast method of crystallisation. It will help in research to devise better synthetic bone and research into how to store/sequester CO2 as limestone."[9] However, this may contradict a previous analysis which came to another conclusion. Professor John Brookfield and Professor David Papineau argue since there was "first" chicken, it must have come from an egg which pre-dated that chicken.[10] Biologist PZ Myers points out a further flaw in this argument, in that other birds make use of different kinds of proteins for producing eggs, and that the evolution of ovocleidin was not coincident with the evolution of eggs; ovocleidin developed from prior proteins, which were used to form eggs since before birds branched away evolutionarily from reptiles

OpenStudy (anonymous):

chicken, chicken, chicken chicken

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Nooooo.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Dinosaur secks = egg.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how else would someone lay an egg?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

EGG = 1st

OpenStudy (anonymous):

DER...

OpenStudy (amistre64):

the protozoas lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

LOL! wait, did I just say someone? >_<

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I meant CHICKEN!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Egg is first =="

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no, chicken

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OMGosh.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

chick chick chicken~

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Star, you are such a star.... -_-

OpenStudy (anonymous):

^_^ am I?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Tbates

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Shall i call you master?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Now they think velociraptors are closely related to the chicken so.....

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Or would you prefer Mass?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I'll call you mass then.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Mass.Tbates

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Tbates, you come with the weirdest answers lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think that goes with being a mathematician.

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