Originally posted by theresult
God

Reference:

New York Times, Jan 9, 1966, pg. 146

Originally posted by Chadwickus
As humans we are blessed with the ability to ask why.

Good statement imo.

As individuals, the question(s) we ask are determined by other individuals questions and answers and the thoughts of every living thing to understand the world around them.

Every question and answer in this thread, these posts and on the whole of ATS & BTS comes from our reflection on the information given.

If others didn't ask questions to find answers, why would we find reason in asking our own outside of our own minds?

The question is....who asked the first one?

Was that the moment "life" was created when "I" asked itself a question?

Is this paradoxical?

If there was a god, did he create everything because he had a question?

Of course there must be relevance to our questions and a well thought out question has more chance of providing a useful answer sooner.

So my question to all of you is: what came first, the chicken or the egg?

My answer: the egg.....the first chicken evolved from it's predecessor which wasn't a chicken but they both came from eggs.

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egg........e=5, g=7, 5x7=35. 35+g=42

Originally posted by nerbot
My answer: the egg.....the first chicken evolved from it's predecessor which wasn't a chicken but they both came from eggs.

Then what came before that predecssor? At one point it had to grow from a rat or something, right?

Originally posted by Revolution-2012
Then what came before that predecssor? At one point it had to grow from a rat or something, right?

Wrong..Rats are mammals and don't come from eggs.

It's predecessor wouldh've been another bird-type-thing.

Originally posted by Revolution-2012
Then what came before the bird-thing, a piece of algea that grew wings?

Algae would seek land before air wouldn't it. How about legs first?

You have about 200 questions before you get the answer you want at this rate.

hint: evolution takes a long, long, long time. so let's not carry on with this. Let's just go from bird-like-thing to chicken and both from eggs eh!

Originally posted by Revolution-2012
Getting closer?

Not really.

What's a meekrat... Do you mean a meerkat?

Are you stuck in a box?

Forget your evolutions for a minute and forget all your "what ifs".....

The answer I gave to the chicken and egg thing is just ONE possible answer that makes sense in an age old dilema often used as an example of paradox and the inability to know a solution to the dilema. All I was doing was showing that there is at least one possible answer!

The ONLY animal that came DIRECTLY before a chicken would have been "chicken-like" but not yet definable as a chicken. Evolution is a very slow process and so it is logical to assume they both were hatched from an egg. Therefore the "egg" came first.

If you asked me "how long is a piece of string", I would say "what type?"

Both the question and answer are as pointless as eachother but at least I provided an answer.

Questions, questions....and a million answers!

I have a big box and I ain't afraid to use it! Ask me another?

Originally posted by Revolution-2012
What did the farmer say to the donkey.

"Oooh-Arrr Eyore"

Why did the tree fall over.

Because trees don't fall up.

Why is George W. Bush an idiot.

Because he didn't understand the farmer.

What did Bill Clinton say when he fruited his loins in the Oval office(possibly giggity giggity goo?).

"Now you know why it's called the "white" house."

Now we got this thread on a roll... Boy is the guy who started this thread going to have some catching up to do.

One more queston nerbot.

When it rains, why don't sheep shrink?

Originally posted by Revolution-2012
Heh I've maid better loops in VB but it's been awhile.

a: You get a not-quite-brilliant Visual Basic "loop"

Given the theory that black holes have a counterpart etc......

A "theory" like this is something that has no definative answer. As yet, we cannot KNOW the answer to "what happens..."

If you poured 1/3 the amount of of the south poles mass in salt on the south pole, would the entire south pole melt away?

If you found that much salt the seas would have to be evaporated to a point that would kill just about everything and it wouldn't be a possible exercise!

There is no "if".

And the real question still remains,

Why do you have an answer for every question, is there not question in every answer?

a: because I have a Big Box and b: of course.

=) I'm stepping outside the box buddy.

You are, you are....And how many sides does your box have? Mine has 2.

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