Back to the original question, eh?
Is it assumed that the egg is a chicken egg? If not, there were eggs long before there were chickens.
If it truly is "which came first, the chicken or the chicken egg?" what marks the existence of the chicken? It's life, or it's recognition by humans? A chicken is not a chicken to itself... it's a chicken because we call it a chicken. Is the chicken we know today the same as the chicken that originally carried the name? The chicken may be evolving. It may have evolved. Therefore, the chicken in its current form is not the same as before, and not the same as it will be in the future.
So the real question is... does the chicken really exist?
Is it assumed that the egg is a chicken egg? If not, there were eggs long before there were chickens.
If it truly is "which came first, the chicken or the chicken egg?" what marks the existence of the chicken? It's life, or it's recognition by humans? A chicken is not a chicken to itself... it's a chicken because we call it a chicken. Is the chicken we know today the same as the chicken that originally carried the name? The chicken may be evolving. It may have evolved. Therefore, the chicken in its current form is not the same as before, and not the same as it will be in the future.
So the real question is... does the chicken really exist?







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