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schmidtster,

Well that’s why it’s a philosophical(?) question. Yes evolution made the chicken, but what would you call what laid that egg if not a chicken first?

If it wasn’t a chicken that laid it, it’s not a chicken egg, so the egg couldn’t come first. What hatched would be a chicken and it would than lay chicken eggs.

schmidtster,

But if that’s the cause going backwards a chicken would also be able to defined as it’s ancestor, making it not a chicken egg.

Yes the type of egg matters, because the question would than be “what came first, the alligator or the egg”. Context matters.

From that perspective, your perspective has muddied things even more.

schmidtster,

But a chicken didn’t lay that egg, so it’s not a chicken egg. That’s the crux of the paradox.

There is no answer is the answer.

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schmidtster,

Do wolves not chase each other while playing? It’s not exactly doing it for exercise, but they should understand the concept… maybe.

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