What came first- the chicken or the egg?
This has to be THE proverbial question which is often quoted
in numerous situations. A friend of mine once said, ‘that’s obvious, the
chicken.’ Must say I agree for two reasons:
- God made man – or man evolved within the universe. Either way, according to logic species of animals, plants and so forth must have been fully formed in order to relay comprehensive coded genetic information via ova, sperm etc so that the species continues.
- Eggs have to incubate before they hatch therefore an adult of the species is a requirement so that they develop into babies.
This question is great for emphasising the purpose of
questioning itself. We like to understand our world, our universe and
constantly observe everything around us, drawing conclusions based upon current knowledge. I expect scientists have
examined this question and formulated pretty accurate conclusions but the great
thing is that we unpeel knowledge in layers and just when we think we know
something, discover something else! The atom was once thought to be the
smallest thing possible until scientists discovered they were wrong!- go look
it up if you’ve forgotten.
The chicken or the egg? It si immaterial really as it doesn’t
affect the man in the street. We have myriads ofchickens who lay eggs and the
cycle of life continues with both the chicken and the egg awaiting an
unfortunate destiny in the majority of cases. The next questions this thought provokes are,’
should we really eat meat or be vegetarian?
Should all battery farming be banned?
Any Braappers fancy arguing the case for the egg or giving
feedback on other questions around this subject?
Jaz McKenzie
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