[MD] Is the MOQ static, or a static pattern?

[ARLO JAMES BENSINGER JR]

[Tuukka]
I know this may sound silly, but instead of trying to be useful, I was trying to be right...

[Arlo]
your difficulty is approaching this from the SOM view, and you've clearly just demonstrated this in the above statement.

[Craig]
So is SOM not useful or is trying to be right only applicable to SOM? Either way I don't see "clear demonstration". 

[Arlo adds]
I was thinking in terms of the polar versus Cartesian maps. What is 'right' if it is not tied to pragmatic experience? The whole notion of 'objective truth' (which is what 'right' implies) is part of what the MOQ (what is better) leaves behind. To answer your specific questions, 'usefulness' is a category in SOM that is secondary to 'True'. I'd say "trying to be right" is nonsensical within a MOQ view, which I see as "trying to be better". Of course, 'right' when taken provisionally and contextually (like 'true' as compared to 'True') is acceptable given the parameters imposed on the term. In fact, in the MOQ if something is not 'useful' it would not exist. Existence is a function of value (which I'd say is usefulness). 

So, the pursuit of 'right' over 'useful' I see as very SOM.