Amusing, but I don't quite agree with this characterization of "all of social science." But here's something interesting: I've tracked down a source for the 10

Amusing, but I don't quite agree with this characterization of "all of social science." But here's something interesting: I've tracked down a source for the 10% claim, and it's absolutely bonkers: * An editorial[1] in the Detroit Free Press makes the following claim: | "an analysis of statistics provided by the American Medical Association indicates that 10% of all American physicians are Muslims" That certainly makes it sound like the AMA thinks that 10% of American physicians are Muslims. * The source provided for this claim, "Muslim Doctors Abundant, But Muslim Hospitals Non-Existent"[2] is a 2008 post on a site called The Muslim Link. Here's how that post arrived at the 10% claim: * 113,585 Physicians in the US (2006) * 7,000 current and retired physicians are members of the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America * 5.9% of African Americans are Muslim; 3.5% of physicians are African American; therefore there are 2000 African American Muslim physicians * 7000 + 2000 = 9000; 9000 is just about 10% of 113,585 I shit you not, that's the most straightforward reading of the analysis at [2]. Now it's in the Economist. I seriously hope they got that number somewhere else. [1] http://www.freep.com/article/20140128/OPINION05/301280121/dave-agema-racism-gay-remarks-muslim-republican-gop-michigan http://www.freep.com/article/20140128/OPINION05/301280121/da... [2] http://www.muslimlinkpaper.com/myjumla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1440 http://www.muslimlinkpaper.com/myjumla/index.php?option=com_...