A quick word on philosophy
 

Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you either hear or are about to repeat a rumour.

In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom.

One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?"

"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."

"Triple filter?" asked the acquaintance.

"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my student let's take a moment to filter what you're going to say. 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."

"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 student something good?"

"No, on the contrary ...".

"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, even though you're not certain it's true?".

The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued." You may still pass the test though, because there is a third filter - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?"

"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?"

The man was defeated and ashamed. This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem. It also explains why he never found out that Plato was shagging his wife.

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Sorry to be a parrot.

If we were to use the triple filter test here, this would be one empty forum LoL

:rotfl: Good one:up:

On the subject of humour and philosophers, this is priceless :lol: :

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ur5fGS...eature=related

I used to watch Python all the time, and I don't remember that one.

Funny stuff!

I'm going to disagree with Socrates; all knowledge, no matter how seemingly unimportant, is useful. Even wrong knowledge as long as you know it is wrong.

As Eleanor Roosevelt once said "If you can't say something nice about someone, please sit next to me" :)

Lucky Plato I say :lol:

Only if he has a fetish for having pots of piss tipped over him.

"In the words of the immortal Socrates, 'I drank WHAT?'"
-Val Kilmer, Real Genius

Or John Lennon, "That's not a real gun"

triple filter test-- hehehe wonder why no one's usin that now :D

Probably because this forum would be very, very empty if we did that

Including this post, leading to a paradox that will make the universe fold on itself!