--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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?" (Sathyam?) > > "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?" (Priyam?) > > "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?" (Hitham?) > > "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?"
Rich Archer fails all 3 tests but still continues. What a world...
