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Sep. 9th, 2009 12:01 pm-
Sexual Assault Statistics in the USA
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Oh for goodness sake.
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A close-up look at the turbine floating in the North Sea. I really hope they can work the bugs out of this one...
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A disproportionate share of engineers seems to have a mindset that inclines them to entertain the quintessential right-wing features of "monism" - "why argue when there is one best solution" - and of "simplism" - ˜if only people were rational, remedies would be simple".
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The largest single group were engineers, with 78 out of 178, followed by 34 taking Islamic studies, 14 studying medicine, 12 economics and business studies, and 7 natural sciences. The over-representation of engineers applies to all 13 militant groups in the sample and to all 17 nationalities, with the exception of Saudi Arabia.
A lot of piecemeal evidence suggests that characteristics such as greater intolerance of ambiguity, a belief that society can be made to work like clockwork, and dislike of democratic politics which involves compromise, are more common among engineers.
