page_title: Gábor Hraskó
section_title: Science educator
hierarchical_section_title: Gábor Hraskó / Career as a skeptic / Science educator
caption_attribution_description: English: Gábor Hraskó, president of the Hungarian Skeptic Society and chairman of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations at the European Skeptics Congress in London in 2015
context_page_description: Gábor Hraskó is a Hungarian science communicator and skeptic, well known within the Hungarian and international movement as the president of the Hungarian Skeptic Society and chairman of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations. He is a member of the Club of Hungarian Science Journalists, author of the "X-Aknák" popular science blog, and was co-editor and co-host of the television series of the same name. Hraskó is a scientific and technical consultant for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
context_section_description: His first science education writings were published in 1999 in the Hungarian journal Természet Világa, in a special column that lasted 3 issues and was given the title Szkeptikus Sarok (translates as 'Skeptical Corner'). This was followed by several other articles, but in 2001 he started his own skeptical blog with the title X-Aknák (translates to 'X-Mines', with reference to the then very popular series, the X-Files).
  In 2003 the same title was used for a TV series he co-edited and co-hosted with the Hungarian quiz show host and fellow skeptic István Vágó. The show featured lively debates with proponents of pseudoscientific claims and lasted only 11 episodes before it was shut down by the channel (ATV), claiming there had been violent reactions from debated pseudoscientists and negative feedback from viewers.
caption: Gábor Hraskó at the 16th European Skeptics Congress in London
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