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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.

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

An unconvincing ‘psychic’ night in Hamilton with medium Elaine Claire

Elaine Claire's psychic show in Hamilton felt like a lukewarm performance of cold reading, but that didn't stop an eager and grieving audience from believing

Walking the alt-med tightrope when a loved one has a terminal diagnosis

It's no surprise when people given a terminal diagnosis turn to alternative medicine - the best we can do is to care for them, and steer them away from the worst

A skeptical perspective on the Scottish UFO and Paranormal Conference 2023

Earlier this year, Glasgow hosted the Scottish UFO and Paranormal Conference, with speakers spreading all manner of baseless and unevidenced paranormal speculation.

The recent Glasgow Low Emission Zone protest turned out to be more of a ‘low information zone’

Glasgow's Low Emission Zone protest drew support from QAnon believers and antivaxxers - even Piers Corbyn turned up, to collect money from the crowd

I called Scottish Water to solve my supply issue – I never expected them to bring dowsing rods

Scottish Water's engineers should throw away their dowsing rods, and simply trust in their own knowledge and expertise, without resorting to the paranormal

Ten times the unexpected appearance of pseudoscience ruined entertainment

Few things can interrupt your enjoyment of a film or TV show like an unexpected endorsement of pseudoscience - here's our top 10 worst woo-turns
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