or altered

Or transformed

yes

transmogrification!

I am certain I learned that word through some d&d game

What is "edifying"?

hmmm

how can I put it

like

conferring respect upon something else

say you are someone who commands respect

and someone else enters the room

Providing moral instruction @Baraban

and you show *them* respect in front of those people

google says it is the moral or intellectual instruction or improvement of someone

I mean I could just google it

but this is more fun.

it is, and it also illuminates why Dyson uses such words

to make it fly over the heads of the people listening, and make it seem like he's being profound

Kind of like a moral explanation of something?

He's a preacher, isn't he? That's his speciality.

I haven't actually seen it used in such a fashion, but I suppose it makes sense really; I'll say that I've only heard people use it in the fashion of "edifying someone" or giving someone "edification"

Either that or I'm super-tired and am thinking of another word <:thronk:441701565607444482>

that's how I usually hear it too

```Originally edification had a strictly religious sense, in the meaning of "building up of the soul," from the Latin term aedificationem, for "construction" or "building." ```

What does it mean to gove someone edification?

that's probably why I hear it used in such a fashion

makes sense

Well, an edifice is like a structure

So giving someone some sort of meaning?

I'd expect the word derives from that

well shit, if I'd just kept reading the page I'm on..

@Reaps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi4pzKvuEQM

there is something in this video

can't stop listening to it

``` From the same word we get "edifice," meaning a building, especially a large and imposing one. So, you see, edification is all about efforts to build you into a more sound human being. Children can have a particular dislike for TV shows or books that are considered edifying by their parents or teachers.```

First time I hear the word "edifice" as well

I've seen and heard that song a bajillion times

@Baraban
Hear it too

which has taken the sheen off of it

yeah, I would say to improve someone's moral character or fiber