page_title: Hungarian Skeptic Society
section_title: History of skepticism in Hungary
hierarchical_section_title: Hungarian Skeptic Society / History of skepticism in Hungary
caption_attribution_description: English: Gábor Hraskó, president of the Hungarian Skeptic Society. Photo taken during 14th European Skeptics Congress
context_page_description: The Hungarian Skeptic Society is a skeptic organisation based in Hungary. Founded in 2006, it has been a member of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations since 2007. Its current president is Gábor Hraskó, who also served as the chairman of the ECSO from 2013 - 2017.
context_section_description: After the political changes in Hungary, pseudoscientific claims started to proliferate in the beginning of the 1990s. There was a group of scientists from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, led by the late professor of anatomy János Szentágothai who, along with science writers at the journal Természet Világa (the World of Nature) and columnists of the time, who formed a group called Tényeket Tisztelők Társasága ("Society of the Respecters of Facts", also called 'Hungarian Skeptics'). However, this was not an officially existing body, only a fellowship of like-minded scholars and journalists, including internationally recognised SETI astronomer Iván Almár, TV host István Vágó and many others (i.e. professor of Chemistry Mihály Beck, professor of physiology György Ádám). Also, the approach of this group was fairly different from that seen in other skeptical organisations around Europe and the world, lacking grassroots activism and focusing on high-ranking scholars, expressing their opinion to a wider audience.
caption: Gábor Hraskó, president of the Hungarian Skeptic Society
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