Conversely, some people have no filter, and these are exactly the kind of people who don’t read or listen enough. If all your Babble goes directly to your mouth, you need to install a better Prune filter. Impose export tariffs.
I read more than I talk, and yet I have almost no filter. This would seem to be a counterexample, although with a sample size of only one. However, this could be the result of other factors with the opposite sign of correlation—from one perspective, “not talking much” leads naturally to “having an underdeveloped filter”. Alternatively, we’re using the word “filter” differently. Perhaps I do have a filter (what I say is usually relevant), but my lack of social interaction/skills means that the filter is misaligned with social expectations or desires (it’s not often what they want to hear).
I read more than I talk, and yet I have almost no filter. This would seem to be a counterexample, although with a sample size of only one. However, this could be the result of other factors with the opposite sign of correlation—from one perspective, “not talking much” leads naturally to “having an underdeveloped filter”. Alternatively, we’re using the word “filter” differently. Perhaps I do have a filter (what I say is usually relevant), but my lack of social interaction/skills means that the filter is misaligned with social expectations or desires (it’s not often what they want to hear).