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Psychics: Real, Fake, or Just Wrong?
Special event to promote Science outreach at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life Every December a string of ‘psychics’ across the world use their clairvoyant powers to make predictions for the coming year, with varying degrees of success. A quick look online shows a vast array of other supernatural talents allegedly on display. In this talk Brian Eggo of Glasgow Skeptics will take a closer look at this phenomenon, and investigate how much of it, if any, is actually real.…
Find out more »5G or Not 5G – Taking Arms Against the Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Pseudoscience
5th generation mobile networks are coming in for increasing criticism by otherwise reputable sources and commentators. Its been demonised as mind-control, as using ‘untested, weapons-grade, ultra-high frequency technology’ and to cause severe harm to the population just by existing. Is it a back-door for governments to manage their population through technology? Are we simply leaving ourselves open to overseas countries to infiltrate our national infrastructure? Are there real dangers to this new technology? Sean Slater will try and address these…
Find out more »Glasgow Skeptics visit Cafe Scientifique: Social Robots
Correction: The venue is Waterstones on Sauchiehall Street (not the Admiral Bar as initially stated. Apologies for any confusion). So we don't have an official Glasgow Skeptics event on this date ... but our friends over in Cafe Scientifique have got something to tickle your fancy instead. The topic this month: Social Robots View event on Facebook View event on Meetup Speaker: Emily Cross Understanding how we perceive and interact with others is a core challenge of social cognition research.…
Find out more »10th Birthday Special: Ash Pryce, Paranormal Illusionist
So, what's special about this event? Well, there'll be cake (probably). More importantly than that though, we're going to celebrate ten years of bringing science, skepticism, and critical thinking in the best possible way by bringing back our first ever speaker - the one and only Ash Pryce! View event on Facebook View event on Meetup A Special edition of the Spooky 👻 Magic 🧙 show comes to Glasgow. 'Fraidy cats and brave souls 😱 welcome for unsettling paranormal illusions…
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