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Skeptics on the Fringe is presented by Edinburgh Skeptics and is part of PBH’s Free Fringe
Our award-winning 2012 season was sponsored by the Humanist Society Scotland and included talks and walks and presented a different event every day.
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Saturday 4 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Richard Wiseman - Adventures in Wonderland: A Personal Perspective Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Saturday 4 August 2012 - Friday 10 August 2012 11:45 pm - 12:45 am |
SotF: The Beginner's Guide to Psychic Trickery - How to be a Psychic Con-man The Southsider, , |
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Sunday 5 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Joanna Bryson - Can Robots Be Conscious? Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Monday 6 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Edzard Ernst - Alternative Medicine: Trick or Treatment? The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, Edinburgh |
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Tuesday 7 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Ewan Leeming - The Mayan Calendar and The End of the World Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Wednesday 8 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Stephen Makin - Cock and Bull: Truth and Lies about Penis Size Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Thursday 9 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Peter Harrison - Magic, Dragons and Dinosaur Saddles Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Friday 10 August 2012 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
SotF: A C Grayling - It's not what you believe it's why you believe it The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, Edinburgh |
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Saturday 11 August 2012 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm |
SotF: Walking Tour - The S & M Tour: Science and Medicine - Lock up your doctors! The Statue of David Hume, , |
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Saturday 11 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Martin Poulter - How to Create Your Own Cult, The Scientology Way Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Saturday 11 August 2012 - Saturday 18 August 2012 10:45 pm - 11:45 pm |
SotF: The Beginner's Guide to Psychic Trickery - How to Predict the Future The Southsider, , |
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Sunday 12 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Liz Lutgendorff - Before there were Skeptics, there were Secularists Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Monday 13 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Belinda Brooks-Gordon - Sex Industry Myths, Olympic Rumours, and Criminological Cock-ups Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Tuesday 14 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Brooke Magnanti (blogger Belle de Jour) - The Sex Myth The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, Edinburgh |
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Wednesday 15 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Peter Lamont - The most extraordinary stuff: magic, miracles and strange, strange things Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Thursday 16 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Clio Bellenis - Transferred Stigma: Psychiatric Drugs, Prejudice and the Placebo Response. Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Friday 17 August 2012 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm |
SotF: Walking Tour - Ghosts Busted: Skeptics on the Mile The Statue of David Hume, , |
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Friday 17 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Charles Paxton - The vital statistics of the Loch Ness Monster Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Saturday 18 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Deborah Hyde - The Natural History of the European Werewolf Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Sunday 19 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Tracy King - Gaming Myths and Media Monsters: Bad Science in Game Culture Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Sunday 19 August 2012 - Saturday 25 August 2012 10:45 pm - 11:45 pm |
SotF: The Beginner’s Guide to Psychic Trickery – How to Talk to the Dead The Southsider, , |
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Monday 20 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Richard Wiseman - Adventures in Wonderland: A Personal Perspective Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Tuesday 21 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Alom Shaha - Science vs Religion in the Classroom Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Wednesday 22 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Tannice Pendegrass - Autism: an Introduction to Treatments, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Thursday 23 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Stuart Ritchie - Stuart Ritchie - IQ for Dummies Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Friday 24 August 2012 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
SotF: Frank Swain - How to start your own zombie apocalypse Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh |
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Saturday 25 August 2012 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
SotF: Paul Zenon - Mediums at Large The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, Edinburgh |
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Thursday 30 August 2012 8:00 pm - 11:30 pm |
Edinburgh Skeptics - After Fringe Party The Counting House, , |



