Äntligen kan vi avsluta det kanske mörkaste kapitlet i mänsklighetens historia, nämligen frågan om vad som kom först, hönan eller ägget. Några av världens klokaste hjärnor har trilskats med problemet i århundraden, men nu verkar det vara klart: ägget kom först!
"Professor David Papineau, an expert in the philosophy of science at King's College, London agreed that the first chicken came from an egg and this proves there were chicken eggs before chickens.
"I would argue it is a chicken egg if it has a chicken in it," said Prof Papineau.
"If a kangaroo laid an egg from which an ostrich hatched, that would surely be an ostrich egg, not a kangaroo egg," he added."
Inför all denna klokskap kan vi bara lyfta på hatten, tack professorn!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/5019682.stm
"Professor David Papineau, an expert in the philosophy of science at King's College, London agreed that the first chicken came from an egg and this proves there were chicken eggs before chickens.
"I would argue it is a chicken egg if it has a chicken in it," said Prof Papineau.
"If a kangaroo laid an egg from which an ostrich hatched, that would surely be an ostrich egg, not a kangaroo egg," he added."
Inför all denna klokskap kan vi bara lyfta på hatten, tack professorn!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/5019682.stm