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18 January 2013

Socrate's 3 questions test

Before stating, asking or commenting on something, let's ask ourselves these three questions:
 - Is it true ? (filter of truth)
 - Is it good ? (filter of goodness)
 - Is it going to be useful ? (filter of usefulness)

If we won't get a pass on at least one of these questions, maybe we should reconsider what we were going to say.

This test was designed by Socrates in ancient Greece and it is seems too be even more relevant now, with all the "information noise" around us.

Source: Friday Reflections

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