Gems of Jedi wisdom: number 67

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[BastuGubbar]

Including sound in your jedi wisdom episodes was a unique twist, but it seems to have paid off!

[StuSaville]

*Gems of Sith wisdom*
What came first, the chicken or the egg?
The rooster!

[mjengel]

“If you scramble my egg I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine… BRAAAWCK!!” - Lindy Kenobi

[Klaevin]

"a wet bird never flew upside down at night?"
is there something I'm not getting?

[Maryland_Kulak]

The egg came first. It was laid by the ancestor of the chicken that was genetically different enough to be called something else besides Gallus domesticus. This was, in fact, Gallus gallus, the red jungle fowl.

[superbacedia]

Brilliant! I'd never really considered it that way. Thanks for your insight Lloyd!

[Eden-LikeTheGarden-Rama]

The real answer, if anyone's interested, is answered by the following question:

Is the definition of a chicken egg:
(a) an egg laid by a chicken
(b) an egg which, if fertilised, would hatch into a chicken?

If (a), the chicken came first, if (b), the chicken egg came first.

For everyone asking why I specified chicken egg, I hope it's obvious how boring the question becomes when it can be an egg of any kind

[JustGrowingUp]

I don't remember if I said it before, so I'll say it now just in case: excellent Alec Guinness impression!

[michelguevara]

I will ponder your words, master lindybeige, I still have much yet to learn.

[Tjalve]

This is really very simple.
What is the definition of a "chicken" and an "egg" in this case?
If it is not defined, then of course the egg came first. Since dinosaurs also would lay eggs, millions of years before the chicken came to be.
If you want to define an "egg" as an egg that has been laid by a chicken, or if you define a "chicken" as something that lays eggs, then by your definition, the chicken came first.
If you want to define an "egg" as something the chicken comes out of, or if you define a "chicken" as something that comes from an egg, then by your definition, the egg came first.
If you want to use both definitions, then by your own definition, none of them came first.

[SmallGreenPlanetoid]

"Even a duck has to be taught how to swim." --Obi-Wan Kenobi, in the novelization of _Star Wars._
"What's a duck?" --Luke Skywalker, in the novelization of _Star Wars._

[azuregiant]

I was on the precipice of understanding this a few months ago, during a relaxed drive out and just about to share my eureka moment with my Mum, when it slipped from my grasp completely. All too often the process of transferring thoughts into spoken word ruins the moment completely.

[judicator]

The comments about no sound from earlier videos... I really hope lindy does a 20+ minute video talking about something fantastic and exciting! that you've all been waiting for! with lots of arm movements and energy and big eyes for emphasis! big grins! really into it!

and then cuts the sound track out so you have to guess what he was talking about.

[TheTraDoko]

Lindybeige: *video*
Me: "... wat?"

[myeyesaredrymylove]

I didn't understand what he said in his last sentence... Can anyone provide a transcript?

[eldorados_lost_searcher]

I'll be honest, I had my sound turned off to avoid annoying ads, and I thought that you'd posted another silent wisdom video. Truly, my weak will is easily manipulated.

[VictorianTimeTraveler]

I'm guessing that has something to do with the fact that they call women birds in Britain.

[Upsitauri]

When are we going to see my favorite, Gem of Jedi Wisdom number 402?

[blackjew]

The egg,
Fish -> Egg -> Dinosaur -> Egg -> Small Dinosaur -> Egg -> Chicken.

[oberstul]

I REFUSE to watch it if there is audio.