On Thursday 31 Jan 2008 9:06 pm, Brian McNett wrote: > The argument in this paper appears to be made "cum hoc ergo propter hoc" > (with this, therefore because this). To wit: "There appear to be a > large number of engineers among jihadists. Something about engineering > must predispose engineers to be jihandists." From there it's possible > to propose an "engineering mindset", which leads engineers to islamic > extremism.
This is perfectly true but is an illustration of the great difficulties that crop up when science or reason come face to face with rhetoric. For example: If it is NOT true that engineers have a jihadist mindset despite there being a preponderance of engineers among jihadists, it is ALSO not true that Muslims have a jihadist mindset despite there being a preponderance of Muslims among jihadists. It is pure Islamobhobia to link a jihadist mentality with Muslims. shiv
