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The chicken? Or the egg?
Does anybody know? Or have any theories?
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The egg had to have came first

Zygote cells or something of the like.

While I could have just read from Google to come across as one of superior intellect, I'm just doing this from a "fact" I read ages ago.
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According to wikipedia.

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 an egg according to some people, as egg-laying species pre-date the existence of chickens. To others, the chicken came first, seeing as chickens are merely domesticated Red Junglefowls. 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 Colebrook equation.
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But how does the egg come about without the chicken being there to lay it in the first place?
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rmac2011 wrote But how does the egg come about without the chicken being there to lay it in the first place?



Alright, I'll bite:

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Not 100% sure this was the same page I saw oh so long ago, but it'll do.
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Perhaps the chicken is an evolution of one of the dinosaurs maybe?
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A circle has no beginnings.
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rmac2011 wrote But how does the egg come about without the chicken being there to lay it in the first place?



Alright, I'll bite:

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Not 100% sure this was the same page I saw oh so long ago, but it'll do.


Hmm its all very interesting but how do we know for sure that this information is true
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Magmar wrote A circle has no beginnings.

Your right there buddy no beginnings and no end and there's no answers
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rmac2011 wrote
Magmar wrote A circle has no beginnings.

Your right there buddy no beginnings and no end and there's no answers

Lol it's a double-sided answer. At least that's what I think it means.
1. there's no answer
2. The chicken came first
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