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在古希腊，苏格拉底被认为是一个知识渊博的智者。 一天，一个熟人碰到了这位大哲学家，问他：“我刚听到别人说你的朋友。知道是怎么说的吗？" "等一会儿。"苏格拉底回答说，“讲之前，你得先通过一个小测验。这个测验称作三重过滤测验。” “三重过滤测验？” "不错。"苏格拉底接着说：“你跟我讲我朋友的事之前，得先花点时间过滤一下你要说的话，所以我称之为‘三重过滤测验’。” “第一层过滤是真实性。你绝对有把握要说的话是真实的吗？" 这个人说：“没有。实际上，我只是听说而已，而且……” "好吧，’’苏格拉底说，“那么你的确不知道这件事的真假了。再看看第二层过滤，即善意过滤。你要讲的关于我朋友的事是好事吗？" "不是，相反……" 苏格拉底说道:"那么你是要说他的坏话了，而且你也拿不准是真是假。还有一层过滤，即有用性过滤。你要说的关于我朋友的事对我有用处吗？” “没用，真的没什么用。” "好了，”苏格拉底下结论说，“如果你要告诉我的既不是真实的，也不是好事，甚至毫无用处，为什么还要告诉我呢？" Socrates，Triple Filter In ancient Greece, Socrates was considered to be a wise man with a lot of knowledge. 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, 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. 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. ” “Well,” concluded Socrates, “if what you want to tell me is not necessarily true, not good and not even useful, why tell it to me at all?” |
