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Brian Eggo
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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.
Aaron Rodgers is just the latest in a long line of sports stars touting health nonsense
When Green Bay Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers hit the headlines with his vaccine misinformation, he joined the sporting pseudoscience hall of fame
“I do try to think more critically!”: The Parapod’s Barry Dodds on his belief in the paranormal
With the Parapod movie out now on general release, Brian Eggo sat down to talk ghosts and ghouls with the film's resident believer, Barry Dodds
Misleading propaganda from ‘Care Not Killing’ is designed to poison the well on assisted dying
Society needs to have an honest, grown-up conversation about the right to die - what it doesn't need is propaganda and misleading stats from special interest groups
10 songs that show there’s space for skepticism in the music industry
From Frank Zappa to Stevie Wonder to Genesis, we chart the often surprising skeptical contributions from the world of pop
Despite the media reporting, the ‘dog suicide bridge’ is just an urban legend
'Stuff You Should Know' are the latest to report on the epidemic of dogs jumping off Overtoun bridge - but the numbers tell a different story
Fact checking a live debate taught me we shouldn’t let political falsehoods stand
If the public are to make well-informed political decisions, there needs to be a policy of zero tolerance for deception.
Pandemic prediction problems: meet the psychics who claim to have predicted COVID-19
Psychics and astrologers now claim to have successfully predicted the pandemic, here's what their 2020 predictions actually said
How to spot medical misinformation in a pandemic: our top 10 tips
As medical misinformation and dubious claims continue to spread, we present our guide to help you separate fact from fiction.
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