14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising the steps of, upon the target personality receiving a conversational input having a response that requires research: transmitting a non-committal response to the communicating entity and continuing the conversation therewith; initiating a second thread for performing the necessary research via the supplemental data sources; and upon concluding the research, interrupting the conversation and transmitting the researched response to the communicating entity.
13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of providing at least one of the target personality and conversational personality access to one or more supplemental data sources for selectively increasing the knowledge base of said personality.