So, which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Historical figures have long had an answer to this question, but there is no scientific basis and many people refuse to accept it. Let's turn to historical stories and tell them slowly.
(Zhou Yu)
I. Zhuge Liang's answer in the Three Kingdoms Period According to legend, Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms period also encountered this problem.
At that time, Mr Zhuge rushed to Wu Dong to discuss Cao's plan with Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu intended to test Mr. Zhuge's knowledge, so he also tested him with the question "which came first, the chicken or the egg". Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhuge said impromptu: "Eggs, eggs, chicken before eggs, chicken before eggs, of course, chicken first."
Such a wise answer, Zhou Gongjin is still unconvinced, insisting: "Mr. is a rap, not an answer!"
Now it seems that there were no large-scale chicken farms at that time. Otherwise, Mr. Zhou Gongjin took out the shelf of a professional chicken breeder and said, "Laying hens, laying hens, chickens that lay eggs specially, aren't eggs in front and chickens behind?" It is estimated that Mr Zhuge will be tongue-tied.
(Zhuge Liang)
However, the backwardness of the times saved Mr. Zhuge Zhou Gongjin has no current knowledge, but he insists that Mr Zhuge tells ugly stories. Zhuge Liang, of course, is not an ordinary person. He explained: "There are two kinds of eggs, one is eggs that can hatch chickens, and the other is eggs that cannot hatch chickens. It's called lying eggs, and it's also called idiots. Two-part allegorical saying "Foolish" for twenty-one days means being the best in the world.
He answered the question publicly, but he laughed at the governor of Zhou Da in secret. At that time, Zhou Yu was speechless.
According to folklore, this is Zhou Yuye who is loyal to Zhuge.
In ancient times when science was not clear, Mr. Zhuge's answer was understandable, but both grammar and logic were impeccable.
At least, people in ancient times recognized that chickens came first.
Second, from the common sense of life, there is a cloud in philosophy, and theory should be combined with practice.
This reminds me of an incident when I was a child. It was in elementary school that a brother who failed a grade could test other children with the question "which came first, the chicken or the egg". If you answered "Who came first", he proudly said, "Where did you get the chicken without eggs?" If you answer "eggs first", he will say: "no chicken, no eggs!" In a word, there is always a reason. Although he can't think of the answer, as the party asking questions, it seems that he has the upper hand and others are ignorant.
Finally, one day, I was "honored" to be his experimental object. When he asked "which came first, the chicken or the egg", I said without hesitation, "Of course, the chicken came first." This guy said proudly, "Where can I get a chicken without eggs?" Although I didn't read Mr. Zhuge Liang's remarks at that time and mocked him with a fool, based on my family's experience in raising chickens, I added: "An egg can only become a chicken when it is hatched. If there is an egg first, there is no chicken to hatch it, and there is no temperature, can the egg become a chicken by itself? " Isn't chicken extinct? "
This self-righteous guy is dumbfounded and can't pick up the words.
He doesn't know that my family has been raising chickens for longer than his age. He has been used to watching old hens hatch eggs since he was a child. This common sense of life is still there.
Since then, it's like Mu broke the door array, and I have never seen this guy who passed the exam again.
(Chicken painted by people in Song Dynasty)
Third, although the scientific statement shows that chickens come first from the common sense of life, it is still not authoritative as a theory from the people.
But a few years ago, a more authoritative news was reprinted by the media. The news is that British scientists claim to have solved the problem of chicken or egg first.
It is reported that scientists from the University of Sheffield and the University of Warwick found that the formation of eggshells depends on a kind of protein called OC- 17, and this kind of protein can only be produced in the ovaries of hens.
Therefore, the researchers concluded that the first egg can only be produced if there is a chicken first.
After reading this news, the author sincerely admires the research spirit of scientists. Chicken or egg, in our opinion, is a question of common sense in life, but scientists have taken it to the extreme and studied it as a scientific research project. It seems that science is everywhere in life.
Chicken or egg first? It seems that this problem finally ended in the research of scientists, or the chicken came first and then the egg came. From this little thing, we can get an understanding that it doesn't matter whether the chicken or the egg came first. What's important is that on the road of exploring the truth, we need this spirit of studying from a small place, not only to know why, but also to know why.