• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    This particular philosophical question was shot down by geneticists quite some time ago.

    The first chicken was created due to a mutation. Genome mutations occur during cell division, in eggs, and in the mitochondrial genome.

    The first chicken hatched from the first chicken egg. Therefore, the egg came first.

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      9 days ago

      Okay, but that wasn’t a chicken egg. It was laid by the chicken predecessor, and therefore the chicken came first!

      I’m really good at MTG.

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        10 days ago

        I got the joke. It’s one of many I’ve heard just like it.

        I was commenting on the title. Maybe it was my comment that went over your head.