wa i read until i sian...u all got nothing better to do ah?
haiyo like argue argue so fun meh?
Triple Filter Test
In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high
esteem. One day one fellow met the great philosopher and said, "Do
youknow what I just heard about your friend?".
"Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything
I'dlike you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter
Test."."Triple filter?". "That's right," Socrates continued.
"Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to
take a moment and filter what you're going to say.That's why I call
it the triplefilter test.
The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what
you are about to tell me is true?" "No," the man said, "actually I
justheard about it and...". "All right," said Socrates. "So you
don't knowif it's true or not.
Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what
you are about to tell me about my friend something good?" . "No, on
the contrary...". "So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me
something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true.
You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter
left:the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my
friendgoing to be useful to me?" "No, not really."
"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither
true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?" This is
why Socrates was a great philosopher & held in such high
esteem. Friend,use this triple filter each time u hear loose talk
about any of "your near & dear friends."
ppl who post here are not even someone dat is near nor dear y
listen and accept...
