by KARAMAZ0V

Most jihadist are very well educated

Almost half (48.5%) of jihadis recruited in the Middle East and north Africa had a higher education of some sort, according to a 2007 analysis by Diego Gambetta that is cited in Immunising the Mind, a new paper published by the British Council; of these 44% had degrees in engineering. Among western-recruited jihadis that figure rose to 59%.

All jokes aside, what do you guys think of this phenomena? that people who have been disciplined in very intense fields of academia also have the upshot of resorting to extremism and irrationality. Of course being very smart in terms of math or physics doesn't equate to real world common sense, but that can't be the sole reason to this counter-example. Are extremist ideologies this powerful? I mean toxic