No, the egg obviously did come first (the egg far predates the chicken, because to be an egg is not a complicated requirement whereas to be a chicken is). No one has ever asked the question, "which came first, the chicken or the chicken egg?" That would be an imperfect question. However, "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" is not imperfect and can easily be answered.
Hahah, do you mean to say that the answer is the egg because animals have been laying eggs since long before chickens evolved? I mean, yeah, that's correct of course, but I thought it was fairly obvious that the question IS "which came first the chicken or the chicken egg", even though it's not explicitly phrased like that. I don't think anyone is seriously asking whether animals laid eggs before chickens existed, or whether chickens were the first species ever to lay eggs.Originally Posted by Mr. E
I dunno, I've always viewed it that way, as a trick question.
But Mr. Shrike and simonj were taking the question at face value, so it's their misunderstanding that I was addressing.
EDIT: I do like your answer though, I never thought of it that way.
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