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To prevent scientists from accidentally ruining their own data through sheer bias, clinical trials operate in total darkness. In a double-blind setup, neither the patient swallowing the pill nor the evaluator recording the results has any idea who received the active chemical and who received a chalk placebo until the mathematical audit at the end.

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