Kungani amakati ephonsa izinto phansi

Izilwane ezifuywayo ziyakuthanda ukudlala imigilingwane enjengeye, kodwa kungani amakati elahla izinto etafuleni? Ingabe bathanda nje ukudlala imigilingwane enjengeye, bafuna ukucasula umnikazi, noma ukufunda imithetho ye-physics namandla adonsela phansi?

Ngokweqembu labacwaningi abavela eJapane, le ndlela yokugcina ingenzeka.

amakati elabhorethri

Ngo-2016, ijenali ye-Animal Cognition yashicilela ucwaningo olwenziwa ngu-Saho Takagi kanye nabanye ababhali bakhe. Ososayensi benze ukuhlola ukuze babone ukuthi amakati angakwazi yini ukubona ubukhona futhi abikezele ukuziphatha kwento engabonakali emsindweni ophuma esitsheni esivaliwe. Babefuna ukuthola ukuthi amakati angakwazi yini ukuhlobanisa umsindo njengembangela nokubukeka kwento njengomphumela.

Ukuhlolwa kwakuhilela amakati angu-30, angu-22 kuwo ahlala ezindaweni zokudlela zamakati, adume kakhulu eJapane. Lezi zilwane zikhethwe ngaphezu kwamakati amaningana asendlini ngoba avame ukuba nobudlelwane futhi akhululekile nabantu abangabazi.

Ngokuhlolwa kwabo, u-Takagi nozakwabo benza isitsha esingabonakali esinozibuthe kagesi phakathi nendawo. Bafaka amabhola ensimbi amathathu esitsheni futhi, besebenzisa i-toggle switch yangaphandle, bavula futhi bavala uzibuthe kagesi owaheha futhi wakhulula amabhola ngaphakathi kwebhokisi.

Ngalesi sitsha, ososayensi benze izivivinyo ezine ezibandakanya amakati:

1. Amabhola e-ayina aduma awela ngaphandle kwesitsha.
2. Amabhola awazange enze imisindo futhi awazange aphume.
3. Amabhola aduma angawa.
4. Amabhola awabanga umsindo avele awela ngaphandle.

Izimo ezimbili zokuqala zazibhekwa njengeziyizimo “ezivamile,” kanti ezimbili zesibili zazibhekwa njengezingajwayelekile. Abacwaningi babize izimo ezimbili zokugcina ngokuthi “inqubo yokwephulwa kokulindela” ngoba imbangela ayizange iveze umphumela ohlosiwe.

"Meowtonian" physics

U-Takagi nozakwabo bathola ukuthi amakati anaka kakhulu futhi abheka isiqukathi isikhathi eside lapho:

• bezwa umsindo, kodwa izinto azizange zivele; 
• kwakungekho msindo, kodwa kwavela izinto (okungaqondakali).

Ngokusho kwababhali, lokhu kubonisa ukuqonda okuyisisekelo kwamandla adonsela phansi emakati.

Njengoba iWashington Post iphawula, abagxeki abakaze bakudlule ukuhlolwa kukaTakagi nethimba lakhe. Umcwaningi othile, uJohn Bradshaw waseNyuvesi yaseBristol, watshela i-Post ukuthi kulokhu kuhlola, amakati “angamane anake imisindo yokuduma nokuwa kwamabhola.” U-Bradshaw ucabanga ukuthi abangani bethu abanoboya balindele lokho abakubonayo nabakuzwayo, kodwa udinga ubufakazi obengeziwe ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi amakati ayayiqonda i-physics.

Mur-mur ngokunyakaza okungapheli

Ubufakazi obuvela ekuhloleni kwaseJapane abuthembeki, ikakhulukazi uma kunikezwe ukuthambekela kwamakati ukubuka izinto ezihlukahlukene isikhathi eside. Kodwa-ke, inikeza ukuqonda ngezizathu zokuthi kungani amakati elahla izinto. Kungacatshangwa ukuthi amakati ayakwazi ukukhangwa amandla adonsela phansi. Mhlawumbe isilwane esinemilenze emine siyaqonda ukuthi ipensela alisusa etafuleni lizowela phansi, futhi lingalenga emoyeni. Kodwa usemkhulu umsebenzi okufanele wenziwe ukuqinisekisa lokhu.

Kodwa kuyaziwa ngokuqinisekile ukuthi ama-pussies azohamba ibanga elide ukuze abonwe. Ngezinye izikhathi ikati lilahla izinto ukuze lidonse ukunaka komuntu. Phela, ngokushesha nje lapho eshaya inkomishi yekhofi eyintandokazi yomnikazi, uzophazanyiswa ngokushesha kwi-laptop. 

Kodwa mhlawumbe bayawuqonda umthetho wesithathu kaNewton, othi esenzweni kuhlala kukhona ukusabela okulinganayo nokuphambene? Noma ingabe ikati likhipha izinto etafuleni ngoba lithanda ukuzibona ziwa?

Izilwane ezifuywayo ezinemilenze emine ziyizidalwa ezihlakaniphe kakhulu, futhi akunzima kangako ukukholelwa ukuthi ziyayiqonda i-physics. Kodwa kuze kube yilapho kwenziwa ucwaningo olwengeziwe futhi kutholakala ubufakazi obuqinile, kubalulekile ukushiya ingilazi yamanzi ngaphandle komugqa wokubuka wekati. Ukuze nje ungagconi isilwane esifuywayo esikhohlakele.