There is only one method for transmitting thought, for communicating information in a manner that somewhat captures the spirit of the mind: the medium of the conversation.
Conversation can be a mirror of the mind, a petri dish for ideas. It enables us to communicate our thoughts in a manner that most closely models the way they occur in our minds.
Unlike writing, conversations are not bound by principles of logic, transition, and clarity.
The spontaneity of conversations prevents them from being edited to a sterile purity.
The lapses, non-sequiturs, and quirky associations that characterise the best conversations would be unacceptable in written material.
Within conversations are a myriad of self-adjusting systems. As we speak with another person, we constantly readjust our language based on the cues we get from the listener.
There is no other communication device that provides such subtle and instantaneous feedback, or permits such a range of evaluation and correct-ability.
By their existence conversation allows for the development of new ideas.