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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:03 PM Original message |
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Now breaking news on MSNBC |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are we talking about today's chickens or the first chicken born from chicken-like parents? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why does evolution and logic suggest that the egg came first? |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. because the first chicken evolved from something that was not a chicken |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. I question your logic (slightly) |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I think you've got it. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. yes, it all comes down to how you define what is a chicken egg |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. I never thought of it that way, but it strikes me as a semantic argument |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. we are now arguing the definition, I see your point but.... |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Oh suire - the argument/joke was always semantic, as eggs obviously predate chickens |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. the chicken egg came before the chicken's egg |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. How do you know that an almost-chicken didn't get infected with a virus... |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. I agree with you . There would be a chromosomal change that would |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. The chromosomal change that would cause a change in the dna at the |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. The new chicken creature was however located in the egg. Could the chicken |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It hatched from an egg, but it wasn't a chicken egg. |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Yes, but the question always uses the word" egg" not chicken egg. |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. But it has to, or else the question is not at all interesting. |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Isn't it fun to make yourself dizzy? I'm done now though. |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Heheheh. I though I was done with this question. |
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wcast (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. As soon as I read this, I thought of the song Interview with a vampire by Ras Kass |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Your objections appear to be based on... |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. If chickens (birds) are today's dinosaurs and |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. Cluckoraptor came first. |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Perhaps raptor jesus simultaneously laid a chicken egg and created a chicken |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. The reason the question is so wrongheaded is that there is no clear boundary. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. I go with The Straight Dope answer ... |
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Cal33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. Do you think at least some creationists would accept |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. No, not unless he guided evolution manually and scrunched it up into 5,000 years |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. yes, they call it intelligent design |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. Settled. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. LOL ! |
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vanbean (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. I agree, but then the egg crossed the road first. |
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