Why Use Placebos in Animal Research?

Originally posted by Brother Stormhammer
If a researcher has spent years of time developing a significant drug, and knows that successful test results will hugely boost his (or her) professional stature, then said researcher is going to see improvement in subjects treated with said drug. If, on the other hand, the researcher doesn't know whether he's observing a drug recipient or a placebo recipient, he's more likely to accurately observe and record any results.

Which goes right back to my earlier posts that concern OUR OBSERVATIONS remotely influencing the so-called "scientific method"... Which suggests, to me, that Science is as flawed as any of the other mystical concepts of humankind, and that even the most significant "scientific" results owe as much to BLIND FAITH as any double-blind study.