It has been standard for a long time in particle physics. The experiments that I worked on were blinded in similar ways, though a bit less elaborately. On my wo

It has been standard for a long time in particle physics. The experiments that I worked on were blinded in similar ways, though a bit less elaborately. On my would-be thesis experiment all the blinding turned out to be pointless... the signal was as bright as day. Always good when that happens!