ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Blind experiment

A blind experiment is when we test something without knowing what it is we are testing. It’s like playing a guessing game – we don’t know what the answer is, we have to figure it out through clues.

For example, let’s say we want to see if a new medicine helps people feel better when they are sick. In a blind experiment, some people will take the real medicine and others will take a fake one – but nobody knows which one they got!

This makes the experiment fair because everyone is being tested the same way, without knowing what they are being given. It also helps us figure out if the medicine is really working or not, because nobody’s opinion is being influenced by knowing whether they got the real medicine or not.

Overall, a blind experiment helps us make sure our results are accurate and fair, and helps us figure out what really works and what doesn’t!