A Conversation for Chicken and Egg - a Rational Answer
The chicken came first. A simple solution.
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jan 22, 2007
Splitting hairs using George Washington's axe, perhaps? 
The chicken came first. A simple solution.
U1623473 Posted Feb 18, 2007
The EGG!
The egg contains the same DNA as the chicken therefore it was a chicken eg from a pre-chicken END OF STORY!
The chicken came first. A simple solution.
Recumbentman Posted Feb 18, 2007
Well hello here U1623473! Welcome to the wonderful world of etc.
Please expand your answer. Are you saying that the egg contains the same DNA as the chicken that laid it or the chicken it contains?
The best reading of your comment seems to be the latter. A non-chicken laid a chicken egg. This is what Gnomon says in the Entry.
Even so it's not the end of the story. This one has legs. It will run and run. (Don't you hate runny eggs?)
He still has to show me what he means by such a term as "the first chicken". I can't attach to it any credible meaning at all.
The chicken came first. A simple solution.
U1623473 Posted Feb 24, 2007
The egg contains the same DNA as the chicken inside it!
The chicken came first. A simple solution.
Recumbentman Posted Feb 24, 2007
Indeed; they are the one individual.
The chicken came first. A simple solution.
pacmarac Posted Feb 24, 2007
The unborn baby chicken surely only contains half the mothers DNA, thus making it a unique individual.
The chicken came first. A simple solution.
ITIWBS Posted Aug 6, 2008
The question is: "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?"; not: "When did the chicken come along?"
Eggs were around eons before chickens hit the scene.
You draw the conclusion.
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