[MD] Experience is not Quality

[Steve Peterson]

Hi All,

As a teacher, I have always been interested in how to best explain the 
MOQ to others.

Ham adamantly denies that experience is Quality. I choose not to engage 
him since I don't know what to say to someone who is unwilling to 
explore the consequences of accepting that premise. At moq.org it seems 
to me that exploring that axiom is what we are all about, so Ham's 
unwillingness to play the game we are playing makes me think he doesn't 
belong on the field. On the other hand, I would like to be able to 
convince others that ours is a game worth playing, so someone like Ham 
may be a good test subject (that is, if that person is not already as 
invested as Ham is in his own essence game).

The biggest stumbling block that I come across in explaining the MOQ to 
others is that people are unwilling to accept the fundamental  premise 
that experience is Quality. I see this as an unprovable axiom. How do 
you convince others and/or what convinces you that accepting this basic 
premise is good to do?

Best,
Steve