Amusing, but I don&#x27;t quite agree with this characterization of &quot;all of social science.&quot;<p>But here&#x27;s something interesting: I&#x27;ve tracked down <i>a</i> source for the 10% claim, and it&#x27;s absolutely bonkers:<p>* An editorial[1] in the Detroit Free Press makes the following claim:<p>| &quot;an analysis of statistics provided by the American Medical Association indicates that 10% of all American physicians are Muslims&quot;<p>That certainly makes it sound like the AMA thinks that 10% of American physicians are Muslims.<p>* The source provided for this claim, &quot;Muslim Doctors Abundant, But Muslim Hospitals Non-Existent&quot;[2] is a 2008 post on a site called The Muslim Link.<p>Here&#x27;s how that post arrived at the 10% claim:<p>* 113,585 Physicians in the US (2006)<p>* 7,000 current and retired physicians are members of the Association of Physicians of <i>Pakistani Descent</i> of North America<p>* 5.9% of African Americans are Muslim; 3.5% of physicians are African American; therefore there are 2000 African American Muslim physicians<p>* 7000 + 2000 = 9000; 9000 is just about 10% of 113,585<p>I shit you not, that&#x27;s the most straightforward reading of the analysis at [2]. Now it&#x27;s in the Economist. I seriously hope <i>they</i> got that number somewhere else.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.freep.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;20140128&#x2F;OPINION05&#x2F;301280121&#x2F;dave-agema-racism-gay-remarks-muslim-republican-gop-michigan" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.freep.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;20140128&#x2F;OPINION05&#x2F;301280121&#x2F;da...</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.muslimlinkpaper.com&#x2F;myjumla&#x2F;index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1440" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.muslimlinkpaper.com&#x2F;myjumla&#x2F;index.php?option=com_...</a>