What, exactly, is a moth?

Factual Questions
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So, do we have all bases covered if we just say that moths are bad for clothes?

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Oh, and Brigid and Brendan. Although from what I recall, it’s somewhat debateable whether Brigid actually existed.

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[QUOTE=Captain Amazing]
Yeah, except wouldn’t the first step for our moth be a moth egg? Then it hatches, and you have a baby moth (which is called a catepillar).
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No, I think the first step is a moth - you can’t have a moth egg without a moth, therefore the moth came first.

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[QUOTE=Chronos]
Oh, and Brigid and Brendan. Although from what I recall, it’s somewhat debateable whether Brigid actually existed.
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pardon?

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[QUOTE=smiling bandit]
So what? That’s what it is whether we like it or not. I suppose you could call it a chick, but that’s just the diminutive form.
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So, the egg is simply the shell, then?

Look, a egg is an egg, a chick is a chick, a hen is a hen, and a rooster is a rooster.
I’m the same entity I was when I was 6 months old, but I’m no longer a baby. Or a toddler. or a child. Or a teenager. As Colibri has pointed out several times, linguistically an egg is not a chicken. It is a matter of convenience, I suppose, so the we can, you know, understand each other. If you want to insist that the thing inside the egg is not only distinct from the egg but is, in fact, the same thing as a full grown chicken, knock yourself out. Just don’t go ordering any scrambled chickens for breakfast without making yourself perfectly clear as to what it is you want.

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That’s like saying that a womb is the same thing as a baby.

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The OP included, as a sample question from the show, “Name a saint that came from Ireland”.

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[QUOTE=Peter Morris]
That’s like saying that a womb is the same thing as a baby.
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What is? In what way?

By “baby” don’t you mean “man,” or “woman”?