Isazi sekusasa esidumile saseBrithani u-Ian Pearson sabikezela ukuthi ngo-2050, isintu siyobe sesikwazi ukugxilisa izinto ezifuywayo nezinye izilwane ezizobenza bakwazi ukukhuluma nathi.
Umbuzo ophakamayo uthi: uma ithuluzi elinjalo likwazi ukunikeza izwi kulezo zilwane ezifuywayo nezibulawa ukuze zidliwe, ingabe lokhu kuzophoqa abantu ukuthi baphinde bacabangele umbono wabo wokudla inyama?
Okokuqala, kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuthi hlobo luni lwamathuba ubuchwepheshe obunjalo obuzonikeza izilwane. Kuyangabazeka ukuthi uzovumela izilwane ukuthi zixhumanise imizamo yazo futhi ziketule abathumbi bazo ngandlela thize ye-Orwellian. Izilwane zinezindlela ezithile zokuxhumana, kodwa azikwazi ukuhlanganisa imizamo yazo ukuze zifinyelele imigomo ethile eyinkimbinkimbi, ngoba lokhu kuzodinga amakhono engeziwe kuzo.
Kungenzeka ukuthi lobu buchwepheshe buzohlinzeka ngembondela ye-semantic kuchungechunge lwamanje lokuxhumana lwezilwane (isibonelo, “woof, woof!” kungasho “umngeneleli, umhlaseli!”). Kungenzeka ukuthi lokhu kukodwa kungase kubangele abanye abantu ukuba bayeke ukudla inyama, njengoba izinkomo ezikhulumayo nezingulube “kungabonisa ubuntu” emehlweni ethu futhi kubonakale ngathi ngathi.
Kunobunye ubufakazi obunamandla obusekela lo mbono. Iqembu labacwaningi eliholwa umlobi nesazi sokusebenza kwengqondo u-Brock Bastian licele abantu ukuthi babhale indaba emfushane yokuthi izilwane zifana kanjani nabantu, noma ngokuphambene nalokho - abantu bayizilwane. Abahlanganyeli abenza izilwane zibe ngabantu babenezimo zengqondo ezinhle kakhulu kubo kunababambiqhaza abathole izici zezilwane kubantu.
Ngakho-ke, uma lobu buchwepheshe busivumela ukuba sicabange ngezilwane njengabantu, khona-ke kungaba nomthelela ekuphathweni okungcono kwazo.
Kodwa ake sicabange umzuzwana ukuthi ubuchwepheshe obunjalo bungenza okwengeziwe, okungukuthi, ukusembulela ingqondo yesilwane. Enye indlela lokhu okungazuzisa ngayo izilwane iwukusibonisa lokho izilwane ezikucabangayo ngekusasa lazo. Lokhu kungavimbela abantu ukuthi babone izilwane njengokudla, ngoba kungasenza sibheke izilwane njengezidalwa ezikwazisa ukuphila kwazo.
Wona kanye umqondo wokubulala “obuntu” usekelwe embonweni wokuthi isilwane singabulawa ngokwenza umzamo wokunciphisa ukuhlupheka kwaso. Futhi konke ngenxa yokuthi izilwane, ngokombono wethu, azicabangi ngekusasa lazo, aziqapheli injabulo yazo yesikhathi esizayo, zinamathele "lapha futhi manje."
Uma ubuchwepheshe bunikeze izilwane ikhono lokusibonisa ukuthi zinombono wesikhathi esizayo (cabanga inja yakho ithi “Ngifuna ukudlala ibhola!”) nokuthi ikwazisa ukuphila kwazo (“Ungangibulali!”), kungenzeka. ukuthi singaba nesihawu kakhulu ngezilwane ezibulawelwa inyama.
Nokho, kungase kube khona ama-snags lapha. Okokuqala, kungenzeka ukuthi abantu bamane bathi ikhono lokwakha imicabango libangelwa ubuchwepheshe esikhundleni sesilwane. Ngakho-ke, lokhu ngeke kushintshe ukuqonda kwethu okuyisisekelo kobuhlakani bezilwane.
Okwesibili, abantu bavame ukunganaki ulwazi mayelana nobuhlakani bezilwane noma kunjalo.
Ochungechungeni lwezifundo ezikhethekile, ososayensi bazama ukushintsha ukuqonda kwabantu ukuthi izilwane ezihlukene zihlakaniphe kangakanani. Kutholakale ukuthi abantu basebenzisa ulwazi olumayelana nobuhlakani bezilwane ngendlela ebavimbela ukuthi baphatheke kabi ngokubamba iqhaza ekulimazeni izilwane ezihlakaniphile esikweni labo. Abantu bakushaya indiva ulwazi mayelana nobuhlakani bezilwane uma isilwane sesivele sisetshenziswa njengokudla eqenjini elithile lamasiko. Kodwa lapho abantu becabanga ngezilwane ezingadliwa noma izilwane ezisetshenziswa njengokudla kwamanye amasiko, bacabanga ukuthi ukuhlakanipha kwesilwane kubalulekile.
Ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi ukunikeza izilwane ithuba lokukhuluma ngeke kuguqule isimo sengqondo sokuziphatha kwabantu ngazo - okungenani kulezo zilwane abantu asebezidla.
Kodwa kumelwe sikhumbule into esobala: izilwane zixhumana nathi ngaphandle kwanoma ibuphi ubuchwepheshe. Indlela abakhuluma ngayo nathi iyaba nomthelela endleleni esibaphatha ngayo. Awukho umehluko omkhulu phakathi kwengane ekhalayo, ethukile kanye nengulube ekhalayo neyethukile. Futhi izinkomo zobisi ezintshontshwa amathole azo ngemva nje kokuzalwa ziba lusizi futhi zikhale ngokudabukisayo amasonto amaningi. Inkinga iwukuthi, asizihluphi ngokulalela ngempela.