Tim Trachet | |
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 Tim Trachet at theEuropean Skeptics Congress 2015. | |
| Born | 1958 (age 66–67) Belgium |
| Alma mater | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist, skeptical activist |
| Known for | Writing abouthistory,skepticism andpseudoscience |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy,mathematics,philosophy |
Tim Trachet (born 1958) is aBelgian writer, publicist, journalist andskeptic. He studiedmathematics,astronomy andphilosophy at theVrije Universiteit Brussel and is a reporter at theVRT, where he produces history television documentaries.[1]
Since its foundation in 1976, he was active in the working group Prometheus of the Vereniging voor Sterrenkunde (Society for Astronomy), that focused on the critical investigation ofpseudoscience. This working group resulted in the foundation ofSKEPP, of which he became the first chairman from 1990 to 1998. At present he is honorary chairman and general secretary of SKEPP.[2] In 1990s and sometimes thereafter, Trachet frequently wrote forSkepter, the magazine of theDutch skeptical organisationStichting Skepsis. In 2000, its Flemish counterpartWonder en is gheen wonder was founded, where he has since been member of the editorial staff and regularly publishes articles. Since 1988, he is also editorial board member of the popular science magazineZenit for astronomy, meteorology and space research.
Since 2013, Trachet is vice-chairman[3] (previously as treasurer[2]) in the board of directors of theEuropean Council of Skeptical Organisations (ECSO), of which he was one of the founders in 1994.[4]
In the frame of the 100th anniversary of theFirst World War in 2014, Trachet wrote about a series of myths that still surround 'The Great War'.[5]
