Issue#1

The Skeptik 2013;1:16-23

Čavojová V

Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Abstract: The article presents study of Ayeroff and Abelson examining people´s belief in extrasensory perception vs. their actual extrasensory communications. They designed experiment with conditions of experience of good vibes with another person and high engagement to test their prediction that both high engagement and good communication will lead to accentuated belief in one´s telepathic abilities. They confirmed their assumptions and their experiment did not yield any evidence of telepathy. Despite quite random performance, however, participants in both experimental conditions showed overconfidence in success in their telepathic communication, though their actual performance was just about the random level.
The Skepik (Review Article in Slovak), Slovak Society of Skeptics.

publikované Slovenskou spoločnosťou skeptikov

The Skeptik 2013;1:24-28

Germuška E

University of Prešov in Prešov, Faculty of Arts, Institute of Political Sciences

Abstract: The author of this contribution deals with the historical concept of Russia's geopolitical thinking that are essential for today's Russia's role in the world political scene. These concepts reflect not only the definition of Russia in relation to other "power centers", or civilizations but also reflect the attitudes of the Russian nation in the domestic and national level, which is awared of its pluses and minuses, affecting the position of Russia in the world. The author´s contribution has addressed the main directions of Russia's geopolitical thinking that represent the westerners, eurasianists and slaviafils. This paper reports reflecting historical geopolitical position of Russia towards the West, taking or not taking his Western values and democracy as the current challenges of (globalization modeled) time.

The Skeptik (Article in Slovak), Slovak Society of Skeptics.

publikované Slovenskou spoločnosťou skeptikov