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200th Event Special: #Dave: Literally the Best Magician
It’s a landmark event for Glasgow Skeptics as we hit an amazing milestone of 200 events. As such, it’s time to celebrate with something special. There WILL be cake, and there will be #Dave … Is Dave Literally the Best Magician? He certainly thinks so and intends to spend an hour proving it. Working through every genre of Magic, Dave hopes to 'one up' the classics of conjuring. Ok, enough of this third person charade. I'm doing a Magic show. It'll be…
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Glasgow Skeptics View & Review: An interactive critique of documentary nonsense
Come join us for a special interactive event where we give YOU a chance to show us what you’ve got in your skeptical toolkit! We’re going to watch a ‘documentary’ that was made by a prominent Christian apologist … and stop at appropriate points along the way for some critical analysis: Identify the logical fallacies! Highlight the misuse of statistics! Spot the barefaced lies! Wade through the mistakes! Scratch your head in bemusement! Full details will be revealed on the…
Find out more »Glasgow Skeptics visit Cafe Scientifique: What is in your genes?
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. This month's topic: What is in your genes? The first human genome sequence was completed in 2003. It was a remarkable project involving thousands of researchers from all over the world. It took 13 years to complete and cost something in the region of three billion dollars. Extraordinary progress in DNA sequencing…
Find out more »What has the truth got to do with the price of fish?
In this talk, Dr Robin Cook, Senior Research Fellow of Mathematics and Statistics at Strathclyde University, will tackle some very fishy misconceptions. Including: How stocks of cod have during the post WW2 period and how scientists judge its status. We will look at the evidence for stock collapse and recovery. More widely we will show that the fortunes of many European stocks have changed for the better. Following the high profile campaign by celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall the EU…
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