Triple Filter Test....by Socrates

One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher Socrates and said, "Do you know what I just heard from one of your friends?"

"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?" asked the man. "That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. That's why I called it the triple filter test."The first filter is Truth. "Have you made absolutely sure that what you're about to tell me is true?" "No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and wanted to tell it to you." "Alright," 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 going to tell me about my friend something good?" "No, on the contrary , it is bad." "So," Socrates replied, " you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain if it's true."
"You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left, the filter of Usefulness." " Is what you are going to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?" "No, not really." replied the man. "Well," concluded Socrates , " if what you are going to tell me is neither true, nor good, and nor even useful to me, why telling me at all."