cm0002@toast.ooo to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 23 hours agoJust so there's no confusionlemmy.mlimagemessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1692
arrow-up1692imageJust so there's no confusionlemmy.mlcm0002@toast.ooo to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 23 hours agomessage-square80fedilink
minus-squarepinball_wizard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-210 hours agoIn that case the chicken came first, regardless of how we define “chicken”, we can reuse that definition for the first “chicken egg” it laid.
minus-squareGiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoBut how do we define a “chicken egg”? Is it an egg containing a chicken, or an egg that’s been laid by a chicken?
minus-squarepinball_wizard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoGood point. Now I’m less sure. I guess any “egg containing a chicken” came first, by definition. I don’t think I would accept anything that didn’t come from an egg as my canonical first chicken, anyway.
In that case the chicken came first, regardless of how we define “chicken”, we can reuse that definition for the first “chicken egg” it laid.
But how do we define a “chicken egg”? Is it an egg containing a chicken, or an egg that’s been laid by a chicken?
Good point. Now I’m less sure.
I guess any “egg containing a chicken” came first, by definition. I don’t think I would accept anything that didn’t come from an egg as my canonical first chicken, anyway.