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Firewalking

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Join psychologist Richard Wiseman and the EISF's director Simon Gage as they explore it's really possible to put mind over matter and walk barefoot over hot coals. Ages 18+. Part of Edinburgh International Science Festival.

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Is it really possible to walk on red-hot coals? If so, is it the supernatural at work, mind over matter or the power of physics? Join psychologist Richard Wiseman and Science Festival director Simon Gage as they separate fact from fiction, and invite you to put your faith in science. .

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