<p>My first reaction was that this is absolute crap, that almost none of the engineers I knew would be considered far right. But, then I realized I went to school in Berkeley…</p>
<p>Honestly, though, the mindset issue is probably right. At least on some social issues people debate, I find myself reducing it to a simple scientific question, where there can only be one right answer. Engineers also tend to be individualistic or confident introverts, so I can see how that would make them skew to the right.</p>
<p>Still, any engineer whose “best solution” is religious extremism(or just religion, for that matter, but that’s just me :o) or mindless patriotism is just a product of indoctrination. Saying engineers having a “terrorist mindset” is just fear mongering. Makes me just want to go to oxford and blow up… a balloon. Yes.</p>
<p>EDIT: Should also point out, that you’d be hardpressed to find an engineer who doesn’t want any change. Moving the world ahead technologically is part of the job description, it’s just social change that engineers might balk at, perhaps any sort of socialized system, where people didn’t specifically earn what they were given. I’d be interested to see the breakdown on which issues engineers came out conservative.</p>