THE TRIPLE FILTER TEST

 Testing for gossips!!

In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold
knowledge in high esteem. One day an
acquaintance met the great philosopher and said,
"Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"
"Hold on a minute", Socrates replied. "Before
telling me anything I'd like 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 triple filter
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 just heard about it
and ..."
"All right", said Socrates. "So you don't really
know if 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
friend going 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?"

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