1/ Question:
It seems to me, at the moment, that the Right is more pone to the naturalistic fallacy (IS -> OUGHT), and the Left is more prone to the moralistic fallacy (OUGHT -> IS).
Does that seem right? If so, what's the mechanism? If not, why does it seem that way to me? 
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This is a strange development. I grew up accustomed to the religious right committing the moralistic fallacy and the secular left committing the naturalistic fallacy. I think the religious right still does this actually. The left has become fanatical with their beliefs too now.
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Yeah, the religious right does tend to commit the moralistic fallacy with respect to things like evolution. Though they play both sides with respect to things like homosexuality.
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with a view to the consequences of using the wrong calculations to build a bridge that will be crossed tens of thousands of times per day... i think my opinion on the matter is clear
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Fortunately engineering doesn't seem especially prone to these fallacies which are kinda domain specific to politics
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abstract to: being wrong can have severe consequences
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ah yes, the fundamental principle of conservativism: "don't fuck it up"
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that stung a bit
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The fundamental principle of progressivism: this shit is fucked up
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[wipes brow]
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