The author confronts the claim that the social sciences are being overutilized with A. proof that overextensions of social science results are self-correcting B. evidence that some public policy is made without any recourse to social science findings or theories C. a long list of social science applications that are perfectly appropriate and extremely fruitful D. the argument that overutilization is by and large the exception rather than the rule E. the observation that this practice represents the lesser of two evils under existing circumstances