Абстрактный пример, который на самом деле не такой уж и абстрактный ( ):

Interviewer - Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Tom Hiddleston - My goodness, I have never been asked that question before. That’s a good question. Well of course such a question poses many possibilities. I think if I remember correctly… erm this question was first posed by some of our great philosophers.

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Tom - Wasn’t it Aristotle who said both chicken and egg must have existed at the same time? Erm, no child can ever be born without a parent because it goes against nature. I think that’s what he said.

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Tom - I remember reading somewhere that Stephen Hawking decided that the egg came before the chicken but I can’t remember his argument for it. I suppose I better reread it. Ehehehehe.

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читать дальшеTom - But then of course there is the question of the egg and the chick being a metaphor to the beginnings of the Universe. Something can never come from nothing although The Big Bang Theory can of course be an allusion to that.

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Tom - And the Bible which states that God created all creatures which would imply that the chicken definitely came first.

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Tom - Wow, this is a very interesting and deep question. I definitely couldn’t presume to make a blanket statement either for or against when there are so many factors involved.

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Tom - And oh, then there’s Plato. He wrote there is nothing new in the Universe. So when Earth started to exist both the chicken and the egg would have been there, waiting, in spirit.

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Tom - *Drums fingers on chin and stares at ceiling*. I remember…

Interviewer - *Sticks out hand for Tom to shake*. Sorry Tom but I have to go interview, erm, someone else.

Tom - Oh, oh sure. Thank you very much. Really great interview, man. *Shakes hand*.

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