Conversation Hypothesis

Definition: As used herein, the Conversation Hypothesis refers to a hypothesis made up of four Propositions: Proposition #1: Conversation "appropriately supplemented" by Communication is "better" than Communication alone; that "too much" Communication that diminishes Conversation is "unhealthy." "Unhealthy Communication" Causes Unnecessary Suffering. (All parties agree that Suffering is Undesirable.) Left unchecked, "unhealthy Communication" kills people prematurely. (All parties agree that premature death is Undesirable.) Note: Exactly what the words in quotation marks mean, how their meaning may be measured, and what the present, real-world outcomes are of the measurements once they are completed are questions for research to discover. Proposition #2: Assuming Proposition #1 is True, the question becomes: Are trends in Conversation and Communication overtime in this Place or that one "healthy," i.e., Communication, to an increasing degree, is "appropriately supplementing" increasing amounts of Conversation, or are trends "unhealthy," i.e., Communication is increasingly dominating Conversation? Proposition #3: Assuming trends are "unhealthy" Problems-to-be-Solved and not Conditions, there is no way to Solve them via "more" or "better" Communication. The Solution necessarily must be "more" and "better" Conversation. Proposition #4: Given the face-to-face Nature of Conversation, the Solution referred to in Proposition #3 must be Neighborhood-based. See Overwhelming Hypothesis.