Commentary: A big problem requires a foundational change

This commentary discusses specific insights offered in each article but also attempts to integrate the various contributions to the Special Issue around a tension in the field between increasing certainty of knowledge and the rapid advancement of knowledge that has characterized social psychology historically. While addressing the replicability problem can be done incrementally, fundamental change is needed in the reward structure of the profession, and therefore in the publication system that is the gatekeeper for scholarly success. The commentary considers ways to ensure the stability and robustness of published findings in social psychology while still fostering creative, often counterintuitive, discovery - a hallmark of social psychology - in a scientifically responsible way. Concrete suggestions to encourage a balance in the values of scientific certainty and scientific discovery through the publication system are proposed.