Tag: fringe
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EUSci at the Fringe 2017 / Why do we need evidence?
When I attended “Why do we need evidence?” at the Edinburgh Fringe, I didn’t expect an event about the history of medical science to leave me despairing for its future. The long and in many cases tedious road to scientific discovery (which led to the discovery of antibiotics, genes, vitamins, and bacterial life forms) often…
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EUSci at the Fringe 2017 / Skeptics on the Fringe
The Edinburgh Skeptics Society (ESS) is a non-profit organisation created in 2009 with the aim of promoting evidence-based scientific discussions and critical thinking, by having a lay-audience engage with speakers of diverse scientific backgrounds; from arts and humanities, to politics, biology, chemistry and beyond. The spirit of this organisation is well captured in their slogan…