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We all have friends come over to tell us about some other person, we all have that Gossip moment every now and then.

what if i tell you there is a way you can cub that and minimize the rate at which people bring such information to you.

Having studied the philosophies of the great ancient philosopher Socrates, i figured out what is called the socratic triple filter test that can filter any information people bring to you.




READ THE STORY TO THE FINISH




So one of the most famous scenes of Socrate's life came when someone approached him promising information about one of his friends.




"Did you hear about your friend? i have something to tell you about your friend' he said.

"Wait before you tell me anything about my friend, can you please answer these three questions for me?" Socrates asked.

the following questions are what later got to be known as the socratic triple filter.





Question1: Are you absolutely sure that this information you are about to give me is entirely true?


"No how can i be so sure it is the truth, i just heard it from someone else" The man replied.




socrates nodded and threw the second question.



Question 2: Are you absolutely sure that this information is good?

"Uuuuhm no, not really something good" he replied again.





Socrates nodded again and asked the third and final filter question.




Question 3: are you absolutely sure that this information will be useful to me in anyway?

"I don't think so, it's just news" the man replied yet again.




So here you are trying to give me an information about my friend that you are neither sure is true, that is not good, that is not useful to me, why exactly would i want to hear it?" Socrates asked looking at the man.

The informant just shrugged and walked away disappointed.


There are lots of wisdom we can derive from this little story up there, we can apply these triple filter questions up there for any information we are about to receive.

Not only will it minimize the rate by which we take in negative informations, it will save many of our relationships.

please what are your thoughts on this?

Nice one

Some talkatives own strong o

Since its Philosophy,
Question 1: Truth can not be said to be absolutely constant, it has been found to vary with time, perspective and so on.
Question 2: What is good and what is bad is relative.
Question 3: The usefulness of any information does not rest entirely on the messenger. It's the receiver who finally decides it's uselessness or usefulness

johnydon22:
We all have friends come over to tell us about some other person, we all have that Gossip moment every now and then.

what if i tell you there is a way you can cub that and minimize the rate at which people bring such information to you.

Having studied the philosophies of the great ancient philosopher Socrates, i figured out what is called the socratic triple filter test that can filter any information people bring to you.




READ THE STORY TO THE FINISH




So one of the most famous scenes of Socrate's life came when someone approached him promising information about one of his friends.




"Did you hear about your friend? i have something to tell you about your friend' he said.

"Wait before you tell me anything about my friend, can you please answer these three questions for me?" Socrates asked.

the following questions are what later got to be known as the socratic triple filter.





Question1: Are you absolutely sure that this information you are about to give me is entirely true?


"No how can i be so sure it is the truth, i just heard it from someone else" The man replied.




socrates nodded and threw the second question.



Question 2: Are you absolutely sure that this information is good?

"Uuuuhm no, not really something good" he replied again.





Socrates nodded again and asked the third and final filter question.




Question 3: are you absolutely sure that this information will be useful to me in anyway?

"I don't think so, it's just news" the man replied yet again.




So here you are trying to give me an information about my friend that you are neither sure is true, that is not good, that is not useful to me, why exactly would i want to hear it?" Socrates asked looking at the man.

The informant just shrugged and walked away disappointed.


There are lots of wisdom we can derive from this little story up there, we can apply these triple filter questions up there for any information we are about to receive.

Not only will it minimize the rate by which we take in negative informations, it will save many of our relationships.

please what are your thoughts on this?

Fantastic!

This technique will sure serve its purpose like you said.
For me, I'll give whoever a listening ear first, then I'll ask my self the three questions later.

Ermacc:
Since its Philosophy,

Sure my brother, Philosophy sometimes can be a real pain, sometimes my brain will start paining me seff..

Question 1: Truth can not be said to be absolutely constant, it has been found to vary with time, perspective and so on.

True but on this very instance the truth of the matter is the certainty of the messenger on actuality of his news, so if he is uncertain then how trusted can that news be?

Question 2: What is good and what is bad is relative.

Sure, now this goodness according socrates in this example is about the implications of the alleged news/event, take for instance he wanted to tell socrates that "His wife is cheating on him with one of his friends"

this news isn't good neither will you want to take actions on the basis that it was true and it turns out to be false thus the first question

Question 3: The usefulness of any information does not rest entirely on the messenger. It's the receiver who finally decides it's uselessness or usefulness

both can agree on that

johnydon22:
Sure my brother, Philosophy sometimes can be a real pain, sometimes my brain will start paining me seff..


True but on this very instance the truth of the matter is the certainty of the messenger on actuality of his news, so if he is uncertain then how trusted can that news be?

Sure, now this goodness according socrates in this example is about the implications of the alleged news/event, take for instance he wanted to tell socrates that "His wife is cheating on him with one of his friends"

this news isn't good neither will you want to take actions on the basis that it was true and it turns out to be false thus the first question



both can agree on that

I think the second question is of little importance on the grounds that both good and bad information are important.
By the way, there are other information that are very relevant, not necessarily good nor bad, not useless and also at the point in time not and may never be useful. The only question that is of significanceis the absolute truth from the messengers perspective.

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