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minus-squarechristophski@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up109·1 month agoThe chicken egg came before the chicken, as the thing that laid the chicken egg was not quite a chicken
minus-squareBassTurd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoI had this exact discussion within the last year. The first egg was a chicken egg. Every subsequent egg was a chicken’s egg.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1 month agoUntil a chicken lays an egg containing something that is not quite a chicken
minus-squareBassTurd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·1 month agoSee, I think of the egg as being possessed by the mother, so it would still be a chicken’s egg to me, but it could simultaneously be a “something else” egg.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoIt would be a chicken’s non-chicken egg
minus-squareConfused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoDo you want basilisks? Because this is how you get basilisks.
minus-squareTartas1995@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 month agoThat is a linguistical question. What does “chicken” in “chicken egg” mean? What is chicken? What is in the egg or who laid it?
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoIs a chicken egg defined as an egg that will grow into a chicken, or as an egg laid by a chicken?
The chicken egg came before the chicken, as the thing that laid the chicken egg was not quite a chicken
Correct!
I had this exact discussion within the last year. The first egg was a chicken egg. Every subsequent egg was a chicken’s egg.
Until a chicken lays an egg containing something that is not quite a chicken
See, I think of the egg as being possessed by the mother, so it would still be a chicken’s egg to me, but it could simultaneously be a “something else” egg.
It would be a chicken’s non-chicken egg
Do you want basilisks? Because this is how you get basilisks.
Schroedinger’s egg
That is a linguistical question. What does “chicken” in “chicken egg” mean? What is chicken? What is in the egg or who laid it?
Is a chicken egg defined as an egg that will grow into a chicken, or as an egg laid by a chicken?