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Brian Eggo

Brian Eggo has been running Glasgow Skeptics for over five years, hosting over a hundred events in that time. He has also spoken for a number of Skeptics groups and helped run SiTP organiser workshops at QED conference. His day job is training development and delivery for a tech company.

The Daily Mail guide to twisting the facts on vehicle emissions

A recent study on vehicle emissions in London drove positive headlines in all, but the Daily Mail used all of their creativity to spin it into a political attack

The Grim Rea-purr? The cats claimed to be able to predict death

Two feline care home residents have been claimed to be able to tell when elderly patients will die – so, are cats actually psychic?

Standing up for skepticism: ten times comedians showed a skeptical side

While plenty of Netflix specials by famous comedians push questionable material, some stand-ups are still out there putting forward a skeptical worldview

Hair analysis and bioresonance food sensitivity tests are simply junk science

Companies selling food sensitivity tests that 'analyse' hair samples via bioresonance devices are selling little more than dietary paranoia

Got any leads? Dog thieves won’t really leave secret signs outside your house

Claims that would-be dog thieves mark their victims' houses with stickers echo old urban legends designed to spread fear and anxiety

The assisted dying conversation requires sensitive and compassionate debate

Opponents of assisted dying have reasonable concerns that we should listen to rather than dismiss – even if, ultimately, we still disagree

The “child identifies as wolf” story was only ever about bullying, not ‘species confusion’

A Scottish child created a wolf 'persona' in order to cope with severe bullying and, as a result, ended up being bullied by the national media

“But it’s just a joke!”: why comedy’s right to offend doesn’t include the right to harm

Comedians have a right to offend, but that doesn't automatically absolve them of responsibility for the harm or hatred their jokes can provoke
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