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Dialogue is the most open-ended of the methods under consideration [in the comparative study as a whole]. There is no leader, no set process, no theme or agenda and no one source of MMs (molecules of meaning – term used in LVT). There is no writing, only conversation. The power of dialogue stems from its suspension of habitual modes of conversation and hence of some aspects of mental inertia (see TRIZ). This is intended to release deeper powers of communication and enhance the making of meaning. However, the process almost necessarily involves some experience of turbulence, and Patrick de Mare, a pioneer in the field, has argued that without the generation of what he calls ‘hate’ (stemming from frustration) new thinking is not possible.

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