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That's a bit generalizing. This paper[1] talks about the over-representation of engineers in violent Islamic organizations. Specifically talks about how ther
by gte525u 11y ago
That's a bit generalizing. This paper[1] talks about the over-representation of engineers in violent Islamic organizations. Specifically talks about how there are fewer engineers in Saudi Arabia and Indonesia versus Palestine and other countries in the same type of groups. There seems to be /some/ correlation between economic opportunity and sub-segments of the population joining these types of groups.
[1] http://www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/materials/papers/2007-10.pdf http://www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/materials/papers/2007-10.pdf
- kobayashi 11y agoI can't read the paper now but I've read on that specific topic before. The assertions were usually that people drawn to the clear-cut answers of engineering also wanted to organize the world with definitive rights and wrongs, and those 'black or white, no shades of grey' people are more likely to agree with the zealotry of terrorist groups.
- gte525u 11y agoSame paper - while monoism/simplism/preservatism argument is one of the three major points the full paper. The rest is worth the time to read.