Kaugvaatamine

Kaugvaatamine, also known as remote viewing, is a purported psychic ability in which an individual can perceive information about a distant or unseen target using extrasensory perception. Proponents claim that the viewer can access details about the location, appearance, activities, or even the emotional state of people or objects at the target. This process is typically described as a mental imagery or intuitive sensing experience.

The concept gained significant attention during the Cold War, with research conducted by various intelligence agencies, notably in the United States and the Soviet Union, to explore its potential military applications. These programs often involved training individuals and testing their ability to gather intelligence on specified targets. The results of these experiments have been a subject of considerable debate, with proponents citing instances of accurate information and critics pointing to methodological flaws and a lack of replicable scientific evidence.

Skeptics often attribute apparent successes in remote viewing to psychological phenomena such as confirmation bias, cueing, vague interpretations that can fit multiple scenarios, and the selective reporting of hits while ignoring misses. Scientific investigations into remote viewing have generally failed to produce consistent, statistically significant results that would support its existence as a genuine psychic phenomenon. Despite the lack of mainstream scientific acceptance, remote viewing continues to be explored and practiced by individuals and groups interested in parapsychology.