I don’t think It’s that clear, are eggs named by what created them, or what they contain? I could certainly see an argument that the first chicken hatched from a proto-chicken egg
Ok, but does it matter what it’s called? If it contains a modern chicken, and it’s an egg, whether it’s a chicken egg, or a proto chicken egg is debatable. But the egg definitely came first
Not if we are specifically asking about whether the chicken or the chicken egg came first (which is what the original comment in this chain implied), because if proto-chickens lay proto-chicken eggs and a chicken was hatched out of one, then the chicken came before the chicken egg
“chicken’s egg” is the owner of the egg the chicken inside it, or the one who laid it?
Likewise it’s not clear that “chicken egg” refers to the creator of the egg or the inhabitant of it.
Pretending for the sake of semantic argument that any of these scenarios were possible:
If an alligator laid an egg and a chicken came out, was that a chicken egg?
If a chicken laid an egg and an alligator came out, was that a chicken egg?
But now consider, you know what I mean by the following phrase:
“An alligator laid a chicken egg, and an alligator hatched out of it”
Even if you’re talking about chicken eggs specifically it’s still the egg first. The first chicken egg would have been laid by a proto chicken
I don’t think It’s that clear, are eggs named by what created them, or what they contain? I could certainly see an argument that the first chicken hatched from a proto-chicken egg
Ok, but does it matter what it’s called? If it contains a modern chicken, and it’s an egg, whether it’s a chicken egg, or a proto chicken egg is debatable. But the egg definitely came first
Not if we are specifically asking about whether the chicken or the chicken egg came first (which is what the original comment in this chain implied), because if proto-chickens lay proto-chicken eggs and a chicken was hatched out of one, then the chicken came before the chicken egg
I always love to bring up that this boils down to an argument about definitions, given the assumption we’re talking about chicken eggs.
Bro chickens are already loaded with protein, what are you doing?
Ye but if you boost the protein you can sell it as a health food!
It’s preferable to Zergchicken, trust me.
I wasn’t scared before this, so I’m going to do exactly that
But is it a chicken egg because it hatches into a chicken or because it is laid by a chicken?
Because it hatches into a chicken, you’re thinking of a chicken’s egg
Wait, so is an unfertilized egg referred to as a chicken’s egg, and never a chicken egg?
“chicken’s egg” is the owner of the egg the chicken inside it, or the one who laid it?
Likewise it’s not clear that “chicken egg” refers to the creator of the egg or the inhabitant of it.
Pretending for the sake of semantic argument that any of these scenarios were possible:
If an alligator laid an egg and a chicken came out, was that a chicken egg?
If a chicken laid an egg and an alligator came out, was that a chicken egg?
But now consider, you know what I mean by the following phrase:
“An alligator laid a chicken egg, and an alligator hatched out of it”
It depends on which egg and which chicken you mean exactly.
I feel like this kinda answer just shows you haven’t really thought about the problem in depth.
I feel like this kinda answer just shows you haven’t really thought about the problem in depth.
I feel like this kinda answer just shows you haven’t really thought about the problem in depth.