MapleEngineer@lemmy.caM to Backyard Chickens (and Other Birds)@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-210 months agoHow is an egg made?i.redd.itimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down16
arrow-up1232arrow-down1imageHow is an egg made?i.redd.itMapleEngineer@lemmy.caM to Backyard Chickens (and Other Birds)@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareRapidcreek@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·10 months agoThe chicken came first
minus-squareMapleEngineer@lemmy.caOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·10 months agoAristotle said that an egg was a potential chicken and a chicken was an actual chicken and since potentiality preceded actuality the egg came first. All chickens come from eggs but not all eggs come from chickens. The first chicken came out of an egg but the first egg didn’t come out of a chicken.
minus-squareRapidcreek@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months agohttps://www.newscientist.com/question/came-first-chicken-egg/
The chicken came first
Aristotle said that an egg was a potential chicken and a chicken was an actual chicken and since potentiality preceded actuality the egg came first.
All chickens come from eggs but not all eggs come from chickens. The first chicken came out of an egg but the first egg didn’t come out of a chicken.
https://www.newscientist.com/question/came-first-chicken-egg/