[extropy-chat] Honing in on the pod door

[Damien Broderick]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Paatsch" <bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 8:10 PM

> [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.

A Helpful Pedant
[sets my teeth on edge, it does]