On the whole, has social psychology had a positive or negative influence on the world (including problems solved and exacerbated, time and resources spent, jobs and knowledge gained, public trust in science [probably lost], procedures and methods developed, etc.)?
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Isn't that kind of how science works? The most replicable, valid, and socially relevant are still standing after scrutiny.
Tell that to all the researchers in those fields who were denied jobs, grants, & careers by self-righteous social psychologists.
