“…For example, political homogeneity may lead to premature scientific foreclosure-the erroneous belief that science has settled some question, thereby discouraging further work on the topic that might reveal the error. For example, social psychology prematurely foreclosed on conclusions emphasizing the power of self-fulfilling prophecies (Jussim, 2012), the greater susceptibility to bias among conservatives than liberals (Ditto et al, 2018), the existence of higher levels of prejudice among conservatives than liberals (Brandt, Reyna, Chambers, Crawford, & Wetherell, 2014), and the power and pervasiveness of "unconscious prejudice" (Jussim,8 Careem,Goldberg,Honeycutt,& Stevens,in press). In each case, a 'consensus' in support of the erroneous perspective could be found in the scientific literature that lasted decades.…”