What Came First? Unraveling the Timeless “Chicken and Egg” Paradox
The phrase “chicken and egg” is a ubiquitous idiom, a linguistic shortcut to represent a particular type of causal dilemma. It elegantly captures situations where it’s impossible to determine which of two events or conditions was the cause and which was the effect, because each seems to depend on the other. This creates a cyclical … Read more