An article by Junko Yoshida at EE Times Online looks at a paper, by Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog of Oxford University, that says that engineers are over-represented "among graduates who gravitate towards violent groups."
Why? The authors of the paper say it's due to the "engineer's mindset;" "a disproportionate share of engineers seem to have a mindset that makes them open to the quintessential right-wing features of 'monism' (why argue where there is one best solution) and by 'simplism' (if only people were rational, remedies would be simple)."
Hat Tip: Slashdot.
