PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca2 monthsThat depends on semantics. Is a chicken egg an egg laid by a chicken, or an egg that hatches a chicken? The answer to that question changes the answer to the original question 157%4
explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish2 monthsWho introduced “chicken egg”? The original question just says egg. 688%7
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca2 monthsI get that that’s the premise of the joke. But that not the premise of the dilemma, which pretty clearly implies it’s a chicken egg. The dilemma would have no meaning of it was “what came first? The chicken or the horseshoe crab egg?” 160%3
beejboytyson@lemmy.world2 monthsFor sure just look at the framing, chicken egg = chicken. But since we’re in the future we know chicken egg does not mean a chicken laid it. 2
That depends on semantics.
Is a chicken egg an egg laid by a chicken, or an egg that hatches a chicken?
The answer to that question changes the answer to the original question
Who introduced “chicken egg”? The original question just says egg.
I get that that’s the premise of the joke.
But that not the premise of the dilemma, which pretty clearly implies it’s a chicken egg.
The dilemma would have no meaning of it was “what came first? The chicken or the horseshoe crab egg?”
I’ve just assumed the dilemma was older than Darwin.
For sure just look at the framing, chicken egg = chicken. But since we’re in the future we know chicken egg does not mean a chicken laid it.