Maloto a imfa amatiopseza. Mwamwayi, ambiri a iwo angatanthauzidwe mophiphiritsa, mophiphiritsira. Koma bwanji ponena za maloto aulosi amene analosera imfa? Wafilosofi Sharon Rowlett akuyesera kulingalira mutuwo, pogwiritsa ntchito deta kuchokera ku kafukufuku waposachedwapa.
Mu December 1975, mayi wina dzina lake Allison anadzuka m’maloto amene mwana wake wamkazi wazaka zinayi dzina lake Tessa anali m’njanji ya sitima. Mayiyo atayesa kutengera mwanayo kumalo otetezeka, nayenso anagundidwa ndi sitima yapamtunda. Allison anadzuka n’kugwetsa misozi ndipo anauza mwamuna wake za malotowo.
Pasanathe milungu iwiri, Allison ndi mwana wake wamkazi anali pasiteshoni. Chinthu china chinagwa panjanji, ndipo, poyesera kuchinyamula, mtsikanayo anachitsatira. Allison anaona sitima imene ikubwera ndipo anathamanga kukapulumutsa mwana wake wamkazi. Sitimayo inawagunda onse awiri mpaka kufa.
Pambuyo pake mwamuna wa Allison anauza wofufuza maloto Dr. David Ryback zimene zinachitika. Atakhumudwa kwambiri ndi imfa yomvetsa chisoniyi, mwamunayo ananena kuti chenjezo limene iye ndi Allison analandira patatsala pang’ono kuti tsokalo lichitike, linamutonthoza. “Zimandipangitsa kukhala woyandikana kwambiri ndi Allison ndi Tessa,” iye analembera Ryback, “chifukwa chinachake chimene sindikuchidziŵa chachenjeza mkazi wanga.”
Pali nkhani zambiri zamaloto zomwe zimachenjeza za imfa, akulemba Sharon Rowlett, wafilosofi komanso wolemba buku lonena za zochitika zomwe zimachitika mwangozi komanso gawo lomwe amasewera potengera anthu. “N’zosakayikitsa kuti inuyo kapena munthu wina amene mumamudziwa munalota zinthu zoopsa ngati zimenezi. Koma kodi zingakhale zongochitika mwangozi? Pamapeto pake, maloto ambiri okhudza imfa samakwaniritsidwa - ndani amawawona?
Zikuoneka kuti pafupifupi munthu mmodzi adatsata nkhani zoterezi. Dr. Andrew Puckett mwiniwakeyo anali kukayikira lingaliro lakuti maloto akhoza kuneneratu zam'tsogolo. Anayamba kusunga tsatanetsatane wa maloto ake kuti atsimikizire kuti maloto ake "aulosi" anali chabe zinthu zachisawawa zomwe zimachitika muubongo.
M'zaka 25, kuyambira 1989 mpaka 2014, adalemba maloto ake 11. Analemba zolemba atangodzuka komanso malotowo asanayambe "kufufuzidwa". Mu 779, Paquette adasindikiza kuwunika kwa maloto ake a imfa.
Ataona imfa ya bwenzi mu loto, wasayansi anadzuka ndi chidaliro chonse kuti malotowo anali aulosi.
Puckett adayamba phunziroli poyang'ana "database" yake. M’menemo anatchula maloto amene munthu wina anafa. Anafufuza maloto omwe adawawona asanalandire chidziwitso cha imfa ya munthu wolotayo. M'zolemba zakale, munali zolembedwa za maloto 87 otere okhudza anthu 50 omwe amawadziwa. Pa nthawi yomwe amafufuza, anthu 12 mwa 50 (ie 24%) anali atamwalira.
Kafukufukuyu sanathere pamenepo. Choncho, anthu 12 anafadi pamapeto pake. Dokotala adalemba zolemba zake ndikuwerengera masiku kapena zaka pazochitika zilizonse pakati pa malotowo ndi chochitika chenichenicho. Zinapezeka kuti kwa anthu 9 mwa 12 malotowo “aulosi” anali omalizira pa maloto okhudza munthu ameneyu. Maloto ena a Puckett okhudza iwo adachitika kale kwambiri ndipo, motere, kuyambira tsiku la imfa.
Avereji yapakati pa maloto okhudza imfa ya bwenzi ndi mapeto enieni a moyo wake anali pafupifupi zaka 6. Mwachiwonekere, ngakhale malotowo akuwoneka ngati aulosi, sikutheka kudalira kuneneratu kwa tsiku lenileni la imfa.
Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri chinali pamene Puckett anali ndi maloto oterowo usiku wa imfa ya bamboyu. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, m’chaka chapitacho, Paquette, osati iyeyo kapena kupyolera mwa mabwenzi, anapitirizabe kuyanjana naye. Komabe, ataona imfa ya bwenzi lake m’maloto, anadzuka ali ndi chikhulupiriro chonse kuti malotowo anali aulosi. Anauza mkazi wake ndi mwana wake wamkazi za iye ndipo tsiku lotsatira analandira imelo ndi nkhani yomvetsa chisoni. Pa nthawiyo, malotowo analoseradi chochitika chenicheni.
Malinga ndi Sharon Rowlett, nkhaniyi ikusonyeza kuti mukhoza kuphunzira kusiyanitsa maloto okhudzana ndi imfa. Zakale zimakhala chenjezo kuti imfa ndi yeniyeni - yangochitika kumene kapena ikubwera posachedwa. Omalizawo amanena kuti imfa idzachitika pakapita nthawi, kapena kuigwiritsa ntchito ngati fanizo.
Kusanthula kwina kwa ntchito ya Puckett ndi mutuwu wonse ukhoza kubweretsa zotsatira zosangalatsa, Sharon Rowlett ndi wotsimikiza. Chovuta ndikupeza anthu okwanira omwe ali okonzeka kulemba maloto pazaka zambiri ndikupereka zolemba zophunzirira.
Za Katswiri: Sharon Hewitt Rowlett ndi wafilosofi komanso mlembi wa The Reason and Meaning of coincidence: Kuyang'ana Mozama pa Zowona Zodabwitsa.