STORY -- TRIPLE FILTER TEST During the golden Abbasid period, one of the scholars in Baghdad, the capital of Muslim caliphate at that time, was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great scholar and said, Do you know what I just heard about your friend? Hold on a minute, the scholar replied. Before telling me anything Id like you to pass a little test. Its called the Triple Filter Test. Tripple filter? Thats right, the scholar continued. Before you talk to me about my friend it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what youre going to say. Thats why I call it the tripple 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 the scholar. So you dont really know if its true or not. Now lets 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, the scholar continued, you want to tell me something bad about him, but youre not certain its true. You may still pass the test though, because theres 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 the scholar, if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 10:46:44 +0000
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