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Is more education and being employed in a field of logic and reason likely to make one less receptive to fringe beliefs? For example, engineers are probably ov
by Brybry 4y ago
Is more education and being employed in a field of logic and reason likely to make one less receptive to fringe beliefs?
For example, engineers are probably overrepresented amongst Islamic extremists[1] and, from what few studies there are, may be skewed conservative and religious compared to other higher education fields.
[1] https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/29836/1/Why_are_there_so_many_Engineers_among_Islamic_radicals_%28publisher%29.pdf https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/29836/1/Why_are_there_so_many_Engi...