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Sean Slater
https://www.edinburghskeptics.co.uk/
Sean Slater is the Vice-chair of Edinburgh Skeptics and has been involved in organising several Skeptics on the Fringe runs. He has given talks for various groups on Mobile phones and 5G fears and has worked in the mobile industry for over 25 years.
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Paranormal
The strange tale of Bridey Murphy and Virginia Tighe
Sean Slater
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18th September 2023
Hypnotists and Hollywood were amazed when Virginia Tighe recalled her past life as Bridey Murphy - an impressive feat... but Murphy never existed
History
The real story behind those crystal skulls Indiana Jones went looking for
Sean Slater
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31st July 2023
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull may have disappointed, but the crystal skulls are real, and their history is fascinating
Paranormal
What really happened in the case of the Philadelphia Experiment?
Sean Slater
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3rd July 2023
According to legend, in 1943 the USS Eldridge disappeared, victim of an experiment gone wrong - but the reality was much more mundane
History
What really happened in the case of the Great Seattle Windshield Mystery of 1954?
Sean Slater
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14th April 2023
When residents of a small town near Seattle began to notice mysterious dents in their car windscreens, a full-scale panic was born - but was it real?
Alternative Medicine
The Nuremberg salt test: how homeopathy failed one of the earliest ever scientific trials
Sean Slater
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9th March 2023
One of the earliest ever randomised control trials took place in 1835, when skeptical physicians put the new-fangled homeopathy to the test
Conspiracy Theories
When you understand 5G technology, the conspiracy theories simply don’t add up
Sean Slater
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16th November 2020
Despite the scare stories, there is no evidence 5G technology causes Covid-19, cancers, or the myriad health scares attributed to it.
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