re: #472 wrenchwench

Oooh, it has a happy ending:

I was reading Williamson’s exchange with Charles last night and wondering about the claim that a fertilized egg is no longer an egg. So then it’s what, exactly? A person? If a chicken egg is fertilized does it immediately become a chicken instead of an egg?

Let’s say a farmer has insurance on his hen house and all its contents, and a critter gets in and eats a dozen eggs. Does that mean the farmer can file a claim for the loss of a dozen (viable) chickens?

The “logic” makes my brain hurt…