by Gillian Beltz-Mohrmann (Argonne National Laboratory) 19 March 2025 The first known blind experiment was conducted by the French Royal Commission on Animal Magnetism in 1784. In the experiment, the researchers literally blindfolded participants and asked them to identify objects that the experimenters had previously filled with “vital fluid,” which none of the participants were […]
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DESI DR2 Results: March 19 Guide
On March 19, DESI released a set of papers providing the measurements and interpretation of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) based on Data Release 2 (DR2) – the first three years of survey data. This page contains a guide to the publications and main results. The papers are available here and on arXiv. In addition to […]
Closing Our Eyes to Truly See — “Blinding” in DESI’s Analysis of Its Cosmological Measurements
Joan Najita (NOIRLab) 10 March 2025 “Perhaps only in a world of the blind will things be what they truly are.” — José Saramago, Blindness We’re all human. Science is a human endeavor, carried out by humans with all their imagination, creativity…and biases. Sometimes we explore the Universe without expectations, but often we have an […]
