Krešimir Mišak (; born 1972) is a

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ian, and science fiction author. Mišak is a noted proponent of

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and various global

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in Croatia.

Education

He has graduated

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at Faculty of Political Science at the

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in 1996.

Career

Mišak has published

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works,

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and

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Journalist

Since 1988 he has been working in educational shows of the Croatian Radio. He is most famous for his talk show ''Na rubu znanosti'' (On the edge of science) that discusses paranormal and fringe scientific topics, which he hosts on Croatian Television since 2002. He also occasionally writes for magazines ''Zabavnik'', ''Drvo znanja'', ''Modra lasta'', ''Svjetlost'', ''Nexus'' and ''Vizionar''. His popular science book ''Telepatija i telekineza'' (

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and

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) has been published in 2006.

Musician

He has held his first concert in KSET in 1988. Since then, he has recorded six albums with four different bands: ''Fantomi'', ''Fantomi2'', ''Građani'' and ''Virusi''. He is currently the

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of the

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Hakuna Matata.

Writer

Since 1999, he has published a dozen of science fiction

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, most of them in ''Futura'' magazine and Annual collections of Croatian science fiction. He has won SFera Award in the category ''novelette'' twice - for ''Svijet iduće sekunde'' in 2000, and for ''Akvarij sa zlatnim ribicama'' in 2005. ''Svijet iduće sekunde'' was republished in ''Ad Astra - Anthology of Croatian science fiction short stories 1976-2006''. ''Zvjezdani riffovi'', collection of his short stories, was published in 2005.

Criticism

Mišak has been a target of Croatian

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and media for promoting misinformation and pseudoscientific theories regarding

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, New World order,

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and

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. Academia in particular disregard his theories as "dangerous" and "blatant nonsense". He does not have any formal education on those matters.

References

External links

Preko ruba znanosti
- Mišak's blog
Preko ruba znanosti
- Mišak's blog (updated link)
Krešimir Mišak: Vjerujem u sve u što vjeruju i moji gosti
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Na Rubu Znanosti
- Anthony Peake - Ima li života poslije smrti?
Interview
for ''Podcast Velebit'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Misak, Kresimir 1972 births Living people Croatian television journalists Croatian television talk show hosts Croatian science fiction writers Croatian rock musicians Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni Croatian conspiracy theorists