I am under the impression (and it’s only my impression) that Sam is operating under the (probably subconscious, though he might deny it) derech that the Torah is fixed and immutable both in Shamayim and b eretz, and the Chochomim seek to understand it, to bring it down so to speak.
Whereas mdd seems to hold that the Torah is alive and comes to concretion through the processing,the Daas, the Holy Neshamos, of the Chochomim