A preregistered double-blind study, as this was, is about as far from "fake it 'til you make it" as you can be. Actually, this is one step even better - versio

A preregistered double-blind study, as this was, is about as far from "fake it 'til you make it" as you can be. Actually, this is one step even better - version 1 of the manuscript, expect for results and discussion, was also preregistered. The old - and wrong - scientific process was "only publish what is novel", leading to publication bias.