But maybe that’s just the same thing? Like I don’t know if there’s a meaningful difference between descriptive disguised as prescriptive and prescriptive disguised as descriptive and instead it might make more sense to just talk about confusing descriptive and prescriptive.
Most intellectual activity is descriptive disguised as prescriptive.
I’d say the opposite is also pretty prevalent, especially in rhetorical statements that (intentionally or not) misguide their audience.
But maybe that’s just the same thing? Like I don’t know if there’s a meaningful difference between descriptive disguised as prescriptive and prescriptive disguised as descriptive and instead it might make more sense to just talk about confusing descriptive and prescriptive.
I agree, they both pray on our is-ought bias.