social research fun

Kevin Lewis at Boston.com sums up conclusions from five social research studies, including:

• If you want to win in the NBA, you've got to reach out and touch your teammates.
• One thing that'll make you argue your beliefs more adamantly: doubt.
• To make it easier for your students to learn you may have to make it harder for them to learn.
• Promoting safety can promote civility (at least on oil rigs).
• Nietzsche was almost right: what doesn't kill you could make you happier.