Cabanga nje uzithola usuthola insalela emangalisayo ebekela inselele ukuqonda kwethu impucuko yabantu; nansi indaba yeRock Wall yaseTexas. Ingabe ukwakheka kwemvelo noma isakhiwo sasendulo esakhiwe ngezandla zomuntu?
Ngonyaka ka-1852, endaweni manje ebizwa ngokuthi i-Rockwall County, eTexas, iqembu labalimi elalifuna amanzi lembula okuthile okuphawulekayo ngempela. Okwavela ngaphansi komhlaba kwakuwudonga lwamadwala oluthakazelisayo, olumbozwe imfihlakalo nokuqagela.
Lesi sakhiwo esikhulukazi silinganiselwa eminyakeni ephakathi kuka-200,000 400,000 no- , siye sahlukanisa ochwepheshe imibono futhi savusa ilukuluku labaningi. Abanye baphikisa ngokuthi kuwukwakheka okungokwemvelo, kuyilapho abanye bekholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi kwakhiwe umuntu ngokungenakuphikwa. Pho, yini ngempela ebhebhethekise le mpikiswano?
Ukuze akhanyisele lesi sihloko esiyingxabano, uDkt. John Geissman waseNyuvesi yaseTexas wenze uphenyo olunzulu. Uhlole amatshe atholakala ku-Rock Wall njengengxenye yedokhumentari Yesiteshi Somlando.
Ukuhlola kokuqala kwembula okuthile okuthakazelisayo. Itshe ngalinye elivela odongeni lalibonisa izici ezifanayo kazibuthe. Lokhu kuvumelana kusikisela ukuthi la matshe asuka endaweni ezungeze udonga ngokwalo, hhayi endaweni ekude.
Okutholwe nguDkt. Geissman kuphakamise ukuthi i-Rock Wall empeleni ingase ibe isakhiwo esingokwemvelo, kunokuba senziwa umuntu. Nokho, akubona bonke abaqinisekayo ngalokhu okutholakele; bacele ukuqhubeka nezifundo ukuze kuqiniswe lokhu okungenzeka.
Nakuba ucwaningo lukaDkt. Geissman luthakazelisa, uhlolo olulodwa ngeke lube ukuphela kwesisekelo sokuphikisa isimangalo esibaluleke kangaka.
Naphezu kokungabaza, abanye ochwepheshe, njengesazi sokuma komhlaba uJames Shelton kanye nomdwebi wamapulani oqeqeshwe e-Harvard uJohn Lindsey, baye bahlonza izici zezakhiwo ngaphakathi kodonga ezisikisela ukubandakanyeka komuntu.
Ngamehlo abo aqeqeshiwe, u-Shelton no-Lindsey baye babona ama-archways, izingosi ezicijile, nezimbobo ezifana namafasitela ezifanekisela idizayini yezakhiwo.
Ngokocwaningo lwabo, izinga lokuhleleka kanye nokubekwa ngamabomu kwalezi zici zesakhiwo kusikhumbuza kakhulu ubuciko bomuntu. Kuyaphawuleka ngempela.
Njengoba impikiswano iqhubeka, i-Rock Wall yaseTexas iyaqhubeka nokudonsa izingqondo zalabo abazama ukuyifunda. Ingabe uphenyo olwengeziwe lwesayensi ekugcineni luzodalula izimfihlo zalo futhi lucacise lempicabadala ehlala njalo?
Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, i-Rock Wall yase-Texas isalokhu inkulu, ifakazela imfihlakalo yakudala ebekela inselele izisekelo zokuqonda kwethu umlando wesintu.
