There should be another level of blinding: one team writes the study design, then sends the design off to a separate neutral group of practitioners who implement the study and report all results, regardless of outcome.<p>It&#x27;d be a much more expensive way to do science. But if cost matters and avoiding meaningless results doesn&#x27;t, we shouldn&#x27;t run studies, we should just flip a coin on every question and save the hassle of pretending.