&gt;&gt; But hopefully, you&#x27;ve got a STEM degree, and can figure that fact out out yourself ;)<p>Sadly I bet someone in some ostensibly serious conversation will suggest increasing attention based on major (the person making the suggestion will have no understanding of statistics).<p>I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s totally useless information as it informs us about the type of person who joins such groups. It might be useful in terms of tailoring counter-extremist propaganda. If the most susceptible to recruitment are of group X you want to make your counteroffer tailored to group X.<p>I can&#x27;t think of a good example for transnational groups but it could be that after removing a government (or whatever you call ISIS) prioritizing reconstruction&#x2F;aid projects that need local engineers is an effective way to reduce the likelihood that insurgencies start at all.<p>Also from the summary, if you&#x27;re afraid of communist extremists you need to find work for English and International Affairs majors and you&#x27;re really in trouble :)