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?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Hold on a minute,” Socrates replied. “Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be good idea to take a moment and filter what you\u2019re going to say. That\u2019s 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?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Well, no,” the man said, “actually I just heard about it and\u2026”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“All right,” said Socrates. “So you don\u2019t really know if it\u2019s true or not. Now, let\u2019s try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Umm, no, on the contrary\u2026”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“So,” Socrates continued, “you want to tell me something bad about my friend, but you\u2019re not certain it\u2019s true. You may still pass the test though, because there\u2019s one filter left\u2014the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“No, not really.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“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?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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