The Triple Filter Test

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."

Replied Socrates "Well," "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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guess who's back..back again..

cai is back..

tell a friend..

:)

insufferable know-it-all

Just remembered about a “cyberspace entity’ that Ate Vayie and Ate Joyce mentioned this past few days..he’s been bugging both of them for some time now and I can’t seem to find an exact definition of how annoyed they are already of this “cyberspace alien”..

He gives comments to my friends’ blogs and sometimes address them - first name basis..Ate Vayie wasn’t too happy about that.. I mean, who would be? Someone who seem to know a lot about you, the people around you, and you don’t know that person..its scary..it’s like having a deranged stalker..

It’s not nice, you know..

Sometimes you just have to respect other peoples stuff..if that “cyberspace poltergeist” is reading this, hey, you should know my friends are really not happy with what you’re doing..they don’t mind if you give a comment or two with what they write, but you have to know when you’re already crossing the line..they don’t know you and say something as if you know them..you don’t know you’re already hurting them..how would you feel if the same thing would be done to you?

I’ll say it again, it’s not nice..

Another thing, you seem to know a lot about other people’s stuff (salaries, nature of work, etc..) and I don’t know if it’s good for you or not..it’s up to you..but then again, if you have something too much to say, why not write it on your own site? You have to be aware that some information you write on my friends’ blogs might land them to some serious investigation and they definitely don’t want to be on such situation..you’re putting their jobs at risk as well, I hope you know that..I guess you do because after all you’re an insufferable know-it-all..

To Ate Vayie and Ate Joyce, constant vigilance..we don’t know what this person is up to..he might just be an avid reader of your blog but I understand that having “cyberspace stalker” can be quite distressful too..However, I gather you’ve already taken the safety precautions advised by our experts..please do let me know if I can be of any further assistance..hehehehehehe..

Hey, “cyberspace shadow”, play fair..