The Sam Thread

**Yogi** · 07-11-2004, 03:31 PM

Sammy for Sam4:

**Yogi** · 07-11-2004, 03:34 PM

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**Cheese** · 07-11-2004, 03:34 PM

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**DanB** · 07-11-2004, 03:39 PM

**Rat Faced** · 07-11-2004, 03:40 PM

>Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you either hear, or are about
>to repeat, a rumour.
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>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 called Plato?"
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>"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me I'd like you to
>pass a little test.
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>It's called the Triple Filter Test.""Triple filter?" "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.
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>The first Filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you
>are about to tell me is true?"
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>"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and..."
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>"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or
>not.
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>Now let's try the second filter, the Filter of Goodness. Is what you are
>about to tell me about my student something good?"
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>"No, on the contrary..."
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>"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him,
>even though you're not certain it's true?"
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>The man shrugged, a little embarrassed.
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>Socrates continued. " You may still pass the test though, because there
>is a third filter - the Filter of Usefulness.
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>Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?"
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>"No, not really..."
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>"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?"
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>The man was defeated and ashamed.
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>This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such
>high esteem..........
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>It also explains why he never found out that Plato was shagging his wife.

**Yogi** · 07-11-2004, 03:42 PM

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**Cheese** · 07-11-2004, 03:43 PM

Originally posted by SensualBarfing@11 July 2004 - 15:50
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That's the sam as one of my posts.