http://www.metafilter.com/tags/oxford! Posts tagged with 'oxford!' at MetaFilter. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:57:08 -0800 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:57:08 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/69765/my%2Dgrandma%2Dmarried%2Dan%2Dengineer%2Dso%2Ddid%2Dmy%2Dmom%2Doh%2Dand%2DIm%2Done%2Dtoo Islamic terrorists are more likely to be engineers than members of any other profession--and not because engineers possess superior technological skills. That's the conclusion of a <a href="http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml;?articleID=205920319">controversial Oxford University study</a> that has the <a href="http://dqindia.ciol.com/content/enterprise/datatech/2007/107101101.asp">engineering</a> community <a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/29/1614206">buzzing</a>. (PDF) <a href="http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/users/gambetta/Engineers%20of%20Jihad.pdf">The study</a>'s disturbing finding blames what it calls a universal engineering mindset, which it describes as one drawn to structure and rules plus clear, single solutions to complex problems. When coupled with the harsh realities of life in many Islamic countries, terrorism can be the result, the study says. ~ Via <a href="http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=IUABJDYZ0EM50QSNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=206902291">EETimes</a> Some <a href="http://2x3x7.blogspot.com/2008/02/this-just-in-fiitjee-to-offer-coaching.html">righteous</a> <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1959">snarking</a> online <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/30/engineers_terrorists_wikipedia_oxford_sociology/">includes</a>, <em>This assertion based on some very fuzzy numbers indeed. We compiled a list of 404 members of violent Islamist groups drawing from a variety of sources... Our sources include... the press, governmental and nongovernmental organisations and websites... We searched in Lexis Nexis... and in Google. We also searched... Fox News; CTV News; Dutch News...</em> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.69765 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:57:08 -0800 bullshit engineers jihad oxford oxford! sociology terrorists infini