[extropy-chat] Honing in on the pod door
Brett Paatsch
bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au
Mon Nov 10 03:22:23 UTC 2003
Damien (a VERY helpful pedant) writes:
[Brett]
> > [Note: Jacques - your arguments below imo are honing in now
> > on the nub
>
> While we're discussing the utility and accuracy of the word `belief',
> I'll throw in the nagging observation that when people say `honing'
> in this way they almost always mean `homing'. You hone a blade,
> you even hone an argument (make it sharper), but you home in on
> a target.
Sorry and thank you sir ;-)
Brett
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