Idan kana neman littafi na zamani game da kimiyya wanda za a iya samu, ma'ana ba tare da kalmomi ba, kuma cike da misalai masu kyau, to Kimiyyar Fiction ta Stuart Ritchie ta dace da kai.
A cikin surori takwas masu sauƙin karantawa, marubucin ya bayyana yadda kimiyya ke aiki a yau, warts da duka. Ya yi bayani dalla-dalla game da rikicin kwafi, kafin ya keɓe babi kowanne kan yadda yawancin masana kimiyya za su iya yin sakaci, yin amfani da zage-zage, faɗa cikin son zuciya, da kuma yin zamba. Abin da zai iya ba mamaki har ma da girgiza masu karatu da yawa shi ne yadda yaɗuwar waɗannan ayyuka marasa daɗi da gaske.
Marubucin ya yi tsokaci kan dalilin da ya sa kimiyya ke fama da matsaloli da yawa, inda ya bayyana wasu karkatattun abubuwan karfafa gwiwa da ke cikin wasa. Tsarin bitar takwarorinsu na da kurakurai sosai, mujallu suna sha'awar sabbin bincike ne kawai, masana kimiyya suna fuskantar matsin lamba akai-akai don bugawa ko halaka, kuma ba kaɗan: a sarari tsohon yanayin ɗan adam. Amma muddin tsarin lada mai matsala ya kasance a wurin kuma manyan batutuwan da suka shafi tallafin kimiyya sun ci gaba, makomar kimiyyar ta yi kamari. Ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa mutane da yawa suna ɗaukan kimiyya a matsayin wani yanayi na rikici.
Bayan da ya gaya mana cewa kimiyya ta ƙunshi warts, a cikin babi na ƙarshe Ritchie ta zayyana zaɓuɓɓukan jiyya da yawa masu ma'ana da aiki - sama da ƙasa da mafita. Kimiyya ba za ta taɓa zama cikakke ba, amma wasu takamaiman misalai na nuna cewa an riga an fara canjin al'adu a cikin kimiyya. A wasu fagagen, ana buƙatar ƙirar ƙira na bincike, wasu mujallolin yanzu suna maraba da karatun da suka dace a baya, har ma da nazarce-nazarce, binciken da bai tabbatar da hasashen masu binciken ba. Kalli wannan fili…
Wannan littafi zai fi kyau idan marubucin ya kiyaye wani matakin haƙiƙa dangane da wasu manyan rigingimun kimiyya na yau. Tabbas, babu wani mutum da zai iya kasancewa a cikin ɗimbin fagagen ilimin kimiyya, amma zaɓin misalai da wasu maganganunsa sun bar shakka cewa ba zai taɓa kuskura ya yi tambaya kan kimiyyar rigakafin ba, yana da imani mara girgiza ga babban labarin bala'in yanayi, kuma yana da yakinin cewa duk abubuwan da aka yi na covid sun dace kuma sun wuce tambaya. Kalmomin bayan sun kasance daga Mayu 2021, kuma zai zama abin ban sha'awa don sanin ko ya canza ra'ayinsa kwata-kwata dangane da shaidar da ke fitowa tun daga lokacin.
Tabbas, dukkanmu muna da ra'ayinmu, kuma ga godiyarsa marubucin ya yarda da hakan. Amma idan aka yi la'akari da Ritchie da kyau ta taƙaita batutuwan kimiyya, tana ƙarfafa tunani mai zurfi, kuma tana ba da shawarar cewa kimiyya ta sake kasancewa game da kyakkyawar neman gaskiya komai dacinta, abin takaici ne cewa misali dangane da kimiyyar rigakafin, ya yi nuni da yawa. dalla-dalla ga aikin Andrew Wakefield mai kawo rigima, amma ya kasa ambaton kowane ɗaya daga cikin nazarce-nazarcen da ke tabbatar da amincin alluran rigakafi, in ji labarin Gardasil na Grimaldi na 2014, ko kuma kimiyyar da ba a gama ba a wannan fannin gabaɗaya.
A ganina, ba za mu iya samun lafiyayyen magana mai ƙarfi da gaskiya da marubucin ya yi kira ba yayin da muke manne da shanu masu tsarki a lokaci guda.
Duk da wadannan gazawar, duk mai sha'awar kimiyya ya kamata ya karanta wannan littafi. Gaskiya ne mai buɗe ido.
